What is unique or rare about the VM Zodiac signs?

[Koen G]

May I ask that when examples are given, their date be included?

Koen, I've come to start a thread about the 'browsing Aries' figure having recently found another example in medieval art. Perhaps other members will too, so we'll know better just how rare it might be.

The things which seem 'unique' often seem so because the search for comparisons is artificially limited.

Diane: I know, I wanted to limit them to Zodiac imagery for this particular exercise. Once you start looking outside, certain things are easier to find, like the "Leo" as a panther type.

But the question for this thread is simple and specific: which traits from the VM images are never or rarely seen in Zodiac imagery? Clear questions yield clear answers