29-03-2016, 09:32 PM
While the animal itself is ambiguous enough to be interpreted in a variety of ways, there is more to the illustration than just the animal itself. There are also nebuly lines in the VMs illustration - not once, but twice - just for those who would argue that a single example was the result of happenstance.
Therefore, the best match to the VMs representation is the German ram and nebuly line illustration presented early on in this discussion by MarcoP.
And look at the tail of the VMs animal. What is suggested there is much more like a sheep and much less like a pangolin.
Such interpretations are always going to be subjective. But they are going to be much less so when two elements need to correspond in tandem.
Therefore, the best match to the VMs representation is the German ram and nebuly line illustration presented early on in this discussion by MarcoP.
And look at the tail of the VMs animal. What is suggested there is much more like a sheep and much less like a pangolin.
Such interpretations are always going to be subjective. But they are going to be much less so when two elements need to correspond in tandem.