17-08-2016, 02:15 AM
The point is that big cats were shown with such a tree in that position more than once - Diane showed a coin with the same. So the reasoning is that the original image was one of the same tradition.
One way of explaining why the tree has become an extension of the tail is that maybe the exemplar was faded or damaged. Or that it was drawn in a way that made it look like the tip of the tail to the medieval copyist. Or that the copyist just did not wish to draw this tree and turned into something more zodiac-acceptable...
One way of explaining why the tree has become an extension of the tail is that maybe the exemplar was faded or damaged. Or that it was drawn in a way that made it look like the tip of the tail to the medieval copyist. Or that the copyist just did not wish to draw this tree and turned into something more zodiac-acceptable...