Still dark water against stone, reeds at the edge, a ring spreading from below

the hand at the waterline

The Codex account is about reach: the tail ends in a hand, and the hand comes up out of the water. The illustration here stays at the surface, where the sources do.

Basis: Florentine Codex, Book 11, folio 71r · AI-generated

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Narrow stone-lined canal at dusk with still green water and reeds on both banks

the canal at dusk →

Fishing net and woven basket left on a muddy bank beside flat water

nets left on the bank →