Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The long, if uneven, history of alleged sightings of serpents with a head at each end of their body – known in the ancient world as amphisbaenae – extends at least from the fifth century BC to as late as the eighteenth century AD. This shows that, in presenting an image of such a two-headed snake, the illustrator of the Codex Casanatense was in illustrious company.
Author: Mason, Peter
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6898612865
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