Quote:Morten St George: This is a scene from the American swamps, not a European thermal bath!
I've never identified this particular pool scene as a bathing scene, and I don't think other researchers have either.
Medieval manuscripts are full of pictures of monsters, beasts, and other crittery things in water. I don't see why this has to be Florida, when it could be anywhere that mythical beasts exist.
By the way, the lowest critter, second from the right, is drawn in the same style as the drawings of one of the illustrators from the Diepoldt Lauber studio. It's not quite as facile, not quite as expert, but it's drawn the same way.