#i can't really understand the rest of the paragraph alas. only other thing i can understand is camelo est similis and the word ethiopia

[rigels-nigels]

Behold! A chameleon!

#op #medieval art #this is from a bestiary from around 1226-1250 #from what i can tell the image comes before the description and the description starts on the next page #the first line of which reads essentially 'chameleons don't have one colour' so i can only guess it's a chameleon #i can't really understand the rest of the paragraph alas. only other thing i can understand is camelo est similis and the word ethiopia #i'm guessing camelo est similis means camels are similar? but shrugs. there's two words before it but i can't quite make it out #capite tainem? tamen? tainen? i don't know nearly enough latin for this #can't wait till i can read more bc it's so interesting to see what they know of such animals compared to what we know #this book also has a number of winged serphents and also sirens #fascinating stuff