The cross and the presence or lack of Christian influences

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In JKP's latest You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., he explains the use of the cross-pole. One of the images he linked I found particularly interesting, since it also includes a set of wavy lines:


The gentlemen are using a sighting tube and astrolabe respectively, but what is the thing all the way on the left? It also appears to include a cross shape. Might it be some kind of armilary sphere with ecliptic and equator?

I greatly enjoyed You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.!!! She comments on it being "strikingly similar to the Voynich iconography". The specific image posted by JKP is interesting as a comparison between an armillary sphere (labeled "spera") and a spherical astrolabe ("astrolabiu[m]"). If I understand correctly, the spherical astrolabe evolved from the armillary sphere. For instance, the positions of several fixed stars are marked using pointers like those that can be seen in flat astrolabes. See also Oxford, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..

I agree with what You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. about the nymph-with-cross: her posture is like that of other nymphs holding various objects. In my opinion, this posture must have a specific meaning which doesn't apply to the cross only, but to the other objects as well.



I would also add to the relevant set one of the ring bearing nymphs that VViews discussed You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..