The middle of f82r as death or resurrection

[MarcoP]

I agree that the figure on the right appears to be dead. The entire illustration (as all of Quire 13) is substantially unparalleled, so very difficult to explain.

Parallels exist for several of the isolated elements, yet it's difficult to put them together in a coherent interpretation.

• I am sure I have posted this before, but I can't find it now. Greek manuscripts illustrate You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. that were an early type of thermal weapon. Some of the illustrations are comparable with the “apparatus” on the left and its "operator". On the basis of these parallels, I find it difficult to think of the two stars moving from right to left.
  
  
• You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.  posted an illustration of “thunder” that is quite similar to the complex “star” at the center.
  
  
• You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. describes illustrations from several copies of the Pseudo-Apuleius in which “the patient lies on a palliasse which floats incongruously in mid-air”