Iconography on the cover of ArM5

[Saulot]

@spidermage

My take is that the three symbols on the snakes' heads represent the three putative roots of the Order. The ankh is for the Egyptian origins (in the worship of Thoth); the apple is the apple of Eris, and stands for the Greek route; and the fasces, as the symbol of Roman authority, is obvious.

Just my twopenn'orth.

I was thinking something similar, though I hadn't thought of the Greek connection for the apple. I was speculating that the apple stood for the nature-magics of the northern peoples that made their way into the Order through the non-Roman houses. But I like your version.