05-06-2018, 03:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-06-2018, 04:47 AM by -JKP-.
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Hermann Schedel studied at Padua. He was a medieval physician and ardent book collector, and was the kind of person who might be interested in owning a book like the VMS.
His books were inherited by Hartmann Schedel (Nuremberg Chronicles) who was one of his relatives and who was raised by his uncle Marcus after his parents died. Note that Hartmann studied Greek in addition to medicine and thus would have been able to read the ancient herbals.
I believe the version of the Moors' heads with horns is meant to represent Hartmann Schedel as conqueror (a common reason for the Moor's-head motif). His emblem and his mother's emblem are on the shields on emblems specific to him, with a cross and bell in between (one of which might be interpreted as stars on sticks), so I'm guessing the version posted upthread, with Moors' heads and the horns, is one of his relations (maybe Sebastian was a direct descendant)?.
Sebastian was an engraver and contributed to Besler's Hortus Eystettensis and created the botanical illustrations for Calendarum, so an interest in art, plants and medicine has long been in the family if Sebastian is related to Hermann and Hartmann (which seems likely with that emblem).
Relevant codices on the older Schedels include Col Lat. 224 and Lat 441. The Schedels are on my list of "persons of interest" regarding the VMS.
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I'll see if I can find a copy of the elder Schedel's emblem online, I can't find the one in my files... back in a few...
Okay, this is Hartmann Schedel's arms. If I remember correctly the shields at the bottom represent his paternal and maternal ancestors and note that the one on the right could almost be interpreted as "stars on sticks" (which is a motif found on quite a few arms, actually, and which is also seen on some early watermarks in the paper-making industry between a bull's horns):
![[Image: HartmannSchedelEmblem.png]](http://voynichportal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/HartmannSchedelEmblem.png)
His books were inherited by Hartmann Schedel (Nuremberg Chronicles) who was one of his relatives and who was raised by his uncle Marcus after his parents died. Note that Hartmann studied Greek in addition to medicine and thus would have been able to read the ancient herbals.
I believe the version of the Moors' heads with horns is meant to represent Hartmann Schedel as conqueror (a common reason for the Moor's-head motif). His emblem and his mother's emblem are on the shields on emblems specific to him, with a cross and bell in between (one of which might be interpreted as stars on sticks), so I'm guessing the version posted upthread, with Moors' heads and the horns, is one of his relations (maybe Sebastian was a direct descendant)?.
Sebastian was an engraver and contributed to Besler's Hortus Eystettensis and created the botanical illustrations for Calendarum, so an interest in art, plants and medicine has long been in the family if Sebastian is related to Hermann and Hartmann (which seems likely with that emblem).
Relevant codices on the older Schedels include Col Lat. 224 and Lat 441. The Schedels are on my list of "persons of interest" regarding the VMS.
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I'll see if I can find a copy of the elder Schedel's emblem online, I can't find the one in my files... back in a few...
Okay, this is Hartmann Schedel's arms. If I remember correctly the shields at the bottom represent his paternal and maternal ancestors and note that the one on the right could almost be interpreted as "stars on sticks" (which is a motif found on quite a few arms, actually, and which is also seen on some early watermarks in the paper-making industry between a bull's horns):