Dragons, Dogs & Amadillos?

[ReneZ]

Here is example from North Italian herbal (University of Pennsylvalia, LJS 419, fol. 67v) Not sure what the animal is - my uneducated guess is apothecary skink (sandfish lizard) You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

There could be a relation between this image and the alchemical herb Nr. 34: Herba lucea et de novem una.
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This has an image of the herb, from one alchemical herbal, namely the Oxford MS. In other copies the root
appears basically the same, as a fish with some appendages. The plant looks completely different.

LJS 419 has many illustrations that derive from the alchemical herbals.
The name 'Lucia Magiore' in this MS also suggests a relation with alchemical herb nr. 34.