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Centris

The centris is the most inflexible serpent; it cannot bend so always travels in a straight line. The artist has drawn a two-legged serpent that looks very similar to the drawing of the cerastes, the most flexible of serpents.

The image was obtained from the source listed below.

Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes

Manuscript

Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, MS 320 (Liber de natura rerum), folio 135r

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