[Taxacom] Knight v Snail

[Geoffrey Read]

The pundits are stumped but tried hard. Maybe some vivid symbolic meaning
that snails represented back then is now lost.  Cute little pics though.

G

On Thu, October 24, 2013 5:52 pm, Stephen Thorpe wrote:
> Perhaps it is just because a snail is a slug wearing armour!
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> From: Geoff Read <gread at actrix.gen.nz>
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Sent: Thursday, 24 October 2013 5:44 PM
> Subject: [Taxacom] Knight v Snail
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> How odd.  Strange appearances of snail cartoons in the 13-14th century.
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> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2013/09/knight-v-snail.html