Nymph Proportions

[Koen G]

Searcher - you deserve your name
I agree with JKP that the blade-holding guy is reminiscent especially of the VM archer. Nice!

[Searcher]

Searcher - you deserve your name
I agree with JKP that the blade-holding guy is reminiscent especially of the VM archer. Nice!

Thanks. I try to fit 

[ReneZ]

I finally had time to read through the two blog posts and this thread.

The measurements you have done are really interesting. I would consider the consistency found with the Voynich MS nymphs relevant, i.e. statistically. While it doesn't prove that all nymphs were drawn by the same person, one can say that there is a clear lack of evidence that they were not drawn by the same person.

As regards the second aim, i.e. comparison with other MSs, different time frames and different regions, it's a pity that there isn't much yet.

[Koen G]

Thanks, Rene. About the comparisons, I'm still working on that, but there's so much different stuff that it's hard to get into one post in a way I'm happy with. I might just publish the bits and ends I have now during the weekend and then do a follow up later.

[R. Sale]

Don't we have to generally presume that the origins of these proportionally compressed representations derive from the most proximate cultural source of influence, which has been pointed out as Romanesque. Clearly the VMs proportions are not Hellenistic.

[Koen G]

R. Sale - I see no reason to make such presumptions. Besides, the proportions are just one aspect of the style which I artificially isolate for this study, but for big conclusions much more will have to be considered. 

It has to be seen as a small piece of the puzzle. I am trying to make it very solid by measuring, but it remains a piece.