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THE notice in NATURE, January 31, p. 321, on the above-mentioned subject, calls to my mind the following passage in Rénan's “Averroës” Paris, 1867, p. 310. He refers to the pre-Raphælite pictures representing allegorically the “Seven Liberal Arts,” and adds: “Dans une fresque rêcemment découverte à Puy …La Logique tient en main un lézard ou un scorpion. Dans un tableau d'Angelico elle tient deux serpents qui se dévorent." I have not succeeded in finding any further statement about this picture in the books on Art within my reach, nevertheless this may prove an interesting addition to the growing literature on cannibal snakes.
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SACKEN, C. Snake Cannibalism. Nature 51, 343 (1895). https://doi.org/10.1038/051343d0
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