Dragons, Dogs & Amadillos?

[Koen G]

My point is that if you look at the "pangolin" lines from the VM, you'll see that they are much less standard nebuly lines than those in the VM plant. They are absolutely asymmetrical, especially if you focus on the bulbs that point up, i.e. the white ones. They have a definite slant to the left. This seemed to me more like an evocation of this - as JKP rightfully remarks - well known pattern, rather than actual cloud-nebuly lines like those that are found in medieval manuscripts and heraldry.

The fact that the plant margin (accidentally?) looks more like the Tubingen ram line, is an indication that the artist could have drawn such a symmetrical line if he wanted to. Instead, he drew lines with a clear asymmetrical bend to one side. This pattern had a meaning separate from the aegis cloak, so it could have been meant as a reference to that meaning.