24-07-2017, 11:37 PM
The compass rose does not feature a hole in the centre, so I consider it a worse match.
Upon further consideration, the thunder symbol (especially as drawn in Hildegard) may itself be comprised of the four winds. Hence it is not that apparent that the apparatus is for winds.
To be more precise, what I suggest is the following.
If the stuff is really about thunder and lightning, then it would mention the last-resort means to escape the lightning (in the absence of the lightning rod). Hopefully, some plants (as the pseudo-Paracelsus does, and the VMS is greatly about plants.
So we:
1) trace the paragraph vord-by-vord
2) look if some vords are used as plant labels in the pharma section
3) if such small plants are found, match them back to large plants of the botanical section using Wladimir's tables (not yet complete, alas!)
4) if such large plants are found, look if they can be matched to any plant known to protect from lightning (such as periwinkle etc.).
5) if such match is found, then voila - we have a match between a word and a vord.
Upon further consideration, the thunder symbol (especially as drawn in Hildegard) may itself be comprised of the four winds. Hence it is not that apparent that the apparatus is for winds.
To be more precise, what I suggest is the following.
If the stuff is really about thunder and lightning, then it would mention the last-resort means to escape the lightning (in the absence of the lightning rod). Hopefully, some plants (as the pseudo-Paracelsus does, and the VMS is greatly about plants.
So we:
1) trace the paragraph vord-by-vord
2) look if some vords are used as plant labels in the pharma section
3) if such small plants are found, match them back to large plants of the botanical section using Wladimir's tables (not yet complete, alas!)
4) if such large plants are found, look if they can be matched to any plant known to protect from lightning (such as periwinkle etc.).
5) if such match is found, then voila - we have a match between a word and a vord.