It's a quadruple crayfish and all of the zodiac symbols in the BNF manuscripts are in multiples, not just the crayfish—it's quite different from the VMS. There are 6 and 8 of some of them (Aries has 8, Pisces has 6). Each one is mirrored (except Gemini) and the rest are added as decorative elements to enhance a large swath of landscape.
I really get nervous when things start moving out of context. This thread is about a fraud manuscript and my example was specific to this thread. In the context of a fraud or fake manuscript, adding extra things in a way that no one else does (no one else has created a pair of crayfish in a zodiac series of which the others are not mirrored) not only adds extra work but it could be a flag that the manuscript is "different" or "weird" and those who create fakes don't usually want to go too far off the beaten path because they don't want it to be examined too closely.
I really get nervous when things start moving out of context. This thread is about a fraud manuscript and my example was specific to this thread. In the context of a fraud or fake manuscript, adding extra things in a way that no one else does (no one else has created a pair of crayfish in a zodiac series of which the others are not mirrored) not only adds extra work but it could be a flag that the manuscript is "different" or "weird" and those who create fakes don't usually want to go too far off the beaten path because they don't want it to be examined too closely.