[split] f25v little dragon parallels

[Sam G]

As to style.. this little dragon is one of the few mnemonic elements in the botanical section that I would certainly attribute to western medieval culture.  It looks to me like Celtic style, and here's the example I cited - even though it has two heads.  The source I used says it comes from Clonmacnoise - and its anomalous, western and probably Christian character is what first led me to write about the Irish who had travelled east to Egypt and beyond.  They include Hugo the Illuminator who travelled with Symon Semeonis, and William the Irishman who travelled with Odoric of Pordenone.

But since I covered all this between 2008-2010, I daresay it's new old news to people here.

The arms are a bit similar, but beyond that I'm having trouble seeing much of a resemblance here.  What makes you think the VMS creature is connected to that Celtic dragon?