Interpreting this as a baptism scene raises a lot of questions:
- why is the woman to be baptized wearing some kind of translucent skirt or vessel around her legs and left hand?
- what is the object in het right hand and why is she holding it?
- why is she only with her feet in the water while the suggested parallel pose is clearly all about submerging the head?
- why is she being grabbed by the eye instead of on top of the head?
- why is the woman who performs the ceremony naked, while at the same time standing on land?
There are several such scenes in the manuscript, and I actually saw them as (symbolical) fight scenes (which would explain the hand to the eye). A very clear example can be seen You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. On the same page there's also You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. This could of course be the latest episode of Ritual Purification Gone Wild
(I doubt that any of these nymphs represent actual bathing women. Or any kind of women, for that matter.)
- why is the woman to be baptized wearing some kind of translucent skirt or vessel around her legs and left hand?
- what is the object in het right hand and why is she holding it?
- why is she only with her feet in the water while the suggested parallel pose is clearly all about submerging the head?
- why is she being grabbed by the eye instead of on top of the head?
- why is the woman who performs the ceremony naked, while at the same time standing on land?
There are several such scenes in the manuscript, and I actually saw them as (symbolical) fight scenes (which would explain the hand to the eye). A very clear example can be seen You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. On the same page there's also You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. This could of course be the latest episode of Ritual Purification Gone Wild
(I doubt that any of these nymphs represent actual bathing women. Or any kind of women, for that matter.)