Still reckon it is just a doodle by the scribe. My Dad is a calligrapher so he knows a bit about doodling in the margins,sometimes it was used to fill in a space or cover an ink blot or other mistake!
“Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
The pods look a bit like Xanthium strumarium, but it’s not a vine I don’t think. It’s pretty crude as illustrations go- I agree with Mad penguin, I reckon it’s just a made up decoration...
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My Dad is a calligrapher so he knows a bit about doodling in the margins,sometimes it was used to fill in a space or cover an ink blot or other mistake!