04-08-2016, 02:20 PM
Sam
I had not seen this image before. It is relevant beyond any doubt and your conclusion is plausible. It is also the view that I hold, following Diane: the figures in the centres of the roundels were initially non-European month emblems and they have been edited to bring them closer to what a medieval European would expext.
In this image we see that it may have been custmary to depict this type of feline with a palm tree behind it. Maybe as an emblem to mark its species? This would have looked strange in Europe, so they turned it into the tail, still allowing the original image to be understood for those who knew.
I had not seen this image before. It is relevant beyond any doubt and your conclusion is plausible. It is also the view that I hold, following Diane: the figures in the centres of the roundels were initially non-European month emblems and they have been edited to bring them closer to what a medieval European would expext.
In this image we see that it may have been custmary to depict this type of feline with a palm tree behind it. Maybe as an emblem to mark its species? This would have looked strange in Europe, so they turned it into the tail, still allowing the original image to be understood for those who knew.