[split] The Strange Thing on 116v

[Morten St. George]

Well I see it as a pot-bellied dragon, long-necked, quite cute-looking.  I did once find a closely similar detail in a manuscript but that was before 2013 when a voracious bushfire decided to get a bit too "up-close and personal" with our home.

I don't see any need to suppose a very close link between a doodle-like drawing on an end-page and a bit of marginalia. No necessary connection.

I see the gal holding up her right hand in triumph, saying 'Got ya you nasty animal!'

Note that the gal is standing in water, getting ready to wash the hide, which, after skinning, is the second step in parchment making. I think the rainforest gals did it all on their own, without monks and without cows.