20-03-2016, 07:31 PM
Diane,
I first used the words 'unexpected language' in reference to heraldry some time ago. So, I most definitely agree that there is valid information here to be gathered, investigated and discussed that is not being seen by modern investigators.
Look at the patterns on the tubs in the outer ring of VMs Pisces. Are these examples of heraldry? In a century of investigation, who has named the chevron pattern in the Pisces illustration for what it is? [[I'd ask about papelonny or gurges, but I already know who it was.]]
The problem is very simple. An investigator with no knowledge of heraldry only sees generic patterns on the tubs. Is that a valid assessment of the reality in the text? On the other hand, a person living in the era of the VMs parchment dates, who was educated and familiar with heraldry, might well be able to go around the Pisces ring and name them off one after another. The essential facts are clearly drawn in the VMs illustrations, understanding the information contained in the illustrations depends on the investigators limitations - specifically in relation to heraldry, in this instance.
And I would say that it is the naming of the patterns that turns the designs from something nondescript and generic into something specific and belonging to a set of examples from a single area of relevant investigation, armorial heraldry, as found on the Pisces and Aries pages.
The purpose of heraldry as a language, what is being said, is twofold. First is to establish the presence of heraldry as a method of communication. Second is to establish heraldry as a valid premise for further investigation, which leads to the Genoese Gambit. It is a test of recognition based on the Catholic ecclesiastical tradition of the red galero. Strictly pass or fail. What better than ecclesiastical tradition to attempt to withstand the test of time? Too bad, eh?
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I first used the words 'unexpected language' in reference to heraldry some time ago. So, I most definitely agree that there is valid information here to be gathered, investigated and discussed that is not being seen by modern investigators.
Look at the patterns on the tubs in the outer ring of VMs Pisces. Are these examples of heraldry? In a century of investigation, who has named the chevron pattern in the Pisces illustration for what it is? [[I'd ask about papelonny or gurges, but I already know who it was.]]
The problem is very simple. An investigator with no knowledge of heraldry only sees generic patterns on the tubs. Is that a valid assessment of the reality in the text? On the other hand, a person living in the era of the VMs parchment dates, who was educated and familiar with heraldry, might well be able to go around the Pisces ring and name them off one after another. The essential facts are clearly drawn in the VMs illustrations, understanding the information contained in the illustrations depends on the investigators limitations - specifically in relation to heraldry, in this instance.
And I would say that it is the naming of the patterns that turns the designs from something nondescript and generic into something specific and belonging to a set of examples from a single area of relevant investigation, armorial heraldry, as found on the Pisces and Aries pages.
The purpose of heraldry as a language, what is being said, is twofold. First is to establish the presence of heraldry as a method of communication. Second is to establish heraldry as a valid premise for further investigation, which leads to the Genoese Gambit. It is a test of recognition based on the Catholic ecclesiastical tradition of the red galero. Strictly pass or fail. What better than ecclesiastical tradition to attempt to withstand the test of time? Too bad, eh?
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