Medieval Bestiary : Image Source

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Scallop

These are most likely scallop shells, used as a symbol of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. The text says Ungues a similitudine humanarum unguiun dicte (Nails have their name from their similarity to human [finger] nails).

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Cambridge University Digital Library

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Bestiary

Cambridge University Library, Kk.4.25, folio 92r

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