At first I thought this might be depicting fennel, because Pliny the Elder wrote about snakes needin
At first I thought this might be depicting fennel, because Pliny the Elder wrote about snakes needing to rejuvenate themselves with fennel juice– but maybe it’s just a drawing of two snakes enjoying a romantic dinner of… whatever the plant might be.Manuscript description and digital images can be found here at OPenn, and you can download an ebook version here. -- source link
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