07-10-2018, 07:18 AM
But why would the Voynich illustrator fixate upon way the pears are being held?
The first image is obviously an allegory upon fertility and reproduction; pears being symbolic of the female form and reproduction, we see women collecting pears as they should children. The full pear tree shows bountiful life. The monkey is probably there as a warning against animal behaviour. Without recourse to the text, I'm guessing this is an imagery warning that sex is for reproduction not recreation, or otherwise showing that the pleasures of life should be picked delicately rather than wantonly consumed. The allegory involves common motifs.
So, it follows logically, if the Voynich nymph is holding pears in the same fashion, the motifs can also be followed. If the scribe, whether with intent or subconsciously, copied the imagery he most probably was doing so because of the underlying message contained within his imagery. Ie, bountiful life or reproduction.
(Although I do remember that St Augustine's first sin was pinching from the pear tree. Sticks in my mind because it's probably where old Georgie Porgie got the inspiration for his myth from, apologies to the Yanks amongst us. But I doubt it's shown in the Voynich under the allegory of original sin).
The first image is obviously an allegory upon fertility and reproduction; pears being symbolic of the female form and reproduction, we see women collecting pears as they should children. The full pear tree shows bountiful life. The monkey is probably there as a warning against animal behaviour. Without recourse to the text, I'm guessing this is an imagery warning that sex is for reproduction not recreation, or otherwise showing that the pleasures of life should be picked delicately rather than wantonly consumed. The allegory involves common motifs.
So, it follows logically, if the Voynich nymph is holding pears in the same fashion, the motifs can also be followed. If the scribe, whether with intent or subconsciously, copied the imagery he most probably was doing so because of the underlying message contained within his imagery. Ie, bountiful life or reproduction.
(Although I do remember that St Augustine's first sin was pinching from the pear tree. Sticks in my mind because it's probably where old Georgie Porgie got the inspiration for his myth from, apologies to the Yanks amongst us. But I doubt it's shown in the Voynich under the allegory of original sin).