02-01-2025, 11:02 AM
(02-01-2025, 09:47 AM)Koen G Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.In the first example, is Gower's bow drawn on purpose like a rainbow? Otherwise the coloring and shading on this one item would be more awkward than the rest.
Rainbow bow pun?

The evolution of illustrations is interesting. A different tripartite globe in this manuscript (early 15th c.?) with air/earth/water vertically separated:
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What is the earliest inverted T-O globe illustration?
This one is dated 14th century:
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