Froggie the frog

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In Middle Ages, toads were believed to be extremely poisonous. In fact, they produce poison, but it's harmless to humans (in quantities cintained in toads). So if this is meant to be a toad, and not a frog, this would probably mean toad poison as ingredient. Looking for medieval recipes which contain toad posion would be a good line of attack.

Paradoxically, they were also believed to contain a powerful antidote.
The toad could be a reference to toadstone.
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They could be used as protective jewelry against a range of diseases or suspended from a cord and dipped into any drink or food. If it contained poison the stone would change color.

Interestingly, if the frog = toadstone, it would be one of only two (identifiable) minerals in the VM... the other being the blue cube, on the back of the same folio.