Look, it's an armadillo. The armadillo discussion has been around before. There's more than one species of armadillo, and the VMs illustration is quite a good match for the pangolin, various species there too. There are certain problems like which is the head end and where is the tail, or are the scales put on backwards?
Just below the creature in question, there are two levels of meandering horizontal lines. And certain speckley marks scattered about. If you look at the pattern made by these lines, and compare it in the gallery of heraldic lines of division, you will see it best fits the example of the nebuly line.
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The point is simple. Nebuly is from the Latin 'nebulus' or cloud. These lines are used in various illustrations in Quire 13 and it seems reasonable to associate these lines with cloudiness and atmospheric conditions. The lines have been used in this manner in various medieval illustrations. And it therefore seems reasonable to suggest that the creature here is to be found above the atmospheric situation.
My interpretation is that this creature is a rain dragon. Its scales are on backwards to collect the mists and condense them into droplets, which are shown "falling" as rain in the illustration.
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Just below the creature in question, there are two levels of meandering horizontal lines. And certain speckley marks scattered about. If you look at the pattern made by these lines, and compare it in the gallery of heraldic lines of division, you will see it best fits the example of the nebuly line.
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The point is simple. Nebuly is from the Latin 'nebulus' or cloud. These lines are used in various illustrations in Quire 13 and it seems reasonable to associate these lines with cloudiness and atmospheric conditions. The lines have been used in this manner in various medieval illustrations. And it therefore seems reasonable to suggest that the creature here is to be found above the atmospheric situation.
My interpretation is that this creature is a rain dragon. Its scales are on backwards to collect the mists and condense them into droplets, which are shown "falling" as rain in the illustration.
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