A turtle-shelled dragon

[Dracaena]

Thank you for the observation that some aspects were already discussed here. Upon closer inspection however, I noticed that tarasque is simply mentioned as a one-liner in 25v discussions, or even in discussions regarding the "armadillo" on folio 80v. 

I would like to add two things.

• Lots of variation in Tarasque depiction.. I think that is the point: Painters elsewhere added an "ordinary" dragon next to Martha... Shells seem to correlate with the Tarasque tradition of southern France. What varies here is usually the face (dragon-like, turtle, lion, etc.), not the shell.
  

• An intersting question would be, if you could treat Tarasque (or other animals, such as the weird scorpion) as a an additonal "geographical" clue:
  
  You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. -> Of coure this is just a rough estimation and more skilled people should define the geographical reach of such iconographic traditions.