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The Medici agenda - Linda - 18-08-2017 So this is an idea where the Medici family continued to show secrets of the world in their commissioning of art. I see connections to Botticellis paintings with regard to both geography and flora. Let me show you a later painting which I see as representing the world in its entirety. Calumny of Appeles    The timing of this painting is just after Columbus' journey. Now take a look at this projection. Not perfect but do you see the similarities? Australia would need to swing around 90 degrees with Antarctica making up the top half of Venus to the far left of the painting. Can you see the arm? The old hag is a T-O map trifecta of Africa, making up her head, Europe, the UK is her pointy sleeve, and Asia with India as the trailing dress. Note she is toe to toe with the tip of North America,  Jason Davies has a tool which can help make the shapes morph more closely to those in the painting You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.  I haven't been able to capture it yet but will see what I can do. If you then go back in time, you find Cosimo Medici to be connected with various people that could have been part of making the manuscript, from geographers to cryptologists and astronomers, among others. I still see quite 13 as showing the ecumene through bodies of water, and the Birth of Venus seels to me a continuation of what is shown geographically, followed by Primavera, which to me combines more geography with a multitude of flora, in addition to the generally accepted imagery of the graces etc. Calumny of Appeles then shows the entire globe of land masses in its entirety. In 1439 the works of Strabo were introduced to Italy at the Council of Florence, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. who also knew Columbus I see this as the information shown in quite 13. Notably, Strabo's ecumene ends exactly where the quite 13 one does. He also saw Sagres point as the wester most point in Europe, which is where Quite 13 starts it's journey. Strabo also incorporated the work of Hecataeus in his writings, I see his periplusas being recreated in Quite 13 as well. There are more connections, but I will stop here to see if anyone sees a glimmer of what I am seeing in this.