Peridexion tree

It is described as growing in India, attracting doves and deterring serpents, making for a fable about Christian salvation.

"[2] Physiologus describes the tree as growing in India and having a sweet fruit that doves enjoy eating.

It became a popular book and was translated into many languages, including Latin, and was widespread in Western Europe by the 9th century.

1, where the peridexion appears as marginalia, the only one in the entire manuscript, as no space was left for a miniature after the text was written.

[8] Later depictions in bestiaries show the serpent as a snake squeezing through the trunk, or hissing from beneath the tree.

[3] It has also featured in European architecture, including a capital originally from Troyes, which depicts the form with two dragons.