RE: VMs: Fish

["Jim Comegys" <Comegys_J@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's a catfish, it's in the pool below the naked nymphs.  Look for the widely separated eyes.  Jim Comegys

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> From: 	Larry Roux
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> I don't see a fish...but that's just me.
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> Speaking of f17r - the added script at the top (that matches the end-piece "michiton oladabos" script - could the first words be "malheu allou l'un ho? wi?hon"  (Misfortune grant one ??? ???) (with????)
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> I know some people have better/enhanced scans.  Any comments?
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> >>> dscott520@xxxxxxx 05/12/03 12:06AM >>>
> We have seen that there is what appears to be a fish with distinctive eyes
> in the root system of the f17r herbal drawing. I suspect that the eye shadow
> was added later by someone other than the original scribe of the VMS. With a
> little imagination there may also be a hint of a fish framed by the herbal
> stems/branching in f65v when turned sideways with the head pointing
> downwards towards the roots. This may very well be just a coincidence, but
> then again who knows. Perhaps someday we will be able to sort out these
> subtleties.
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> Regards,
> Dana Scott
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