Saint Barbara, baths, towers, and canons
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Hi arca_libraria,
in my opinion, the cross in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is the clearest Christian reference in the manuscript. As discussed You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., others have different, less boring, opinions. The way in which the symbol is used here is puzzling and fascinating. 
   

You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. includes a cross, but in this context I don't think it really counts as a religious symbol.
The crosses in what could be a spell in 116v could also be a Christian element, but this fragment could be largely independent from the main body of the work.

The centre  of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. could suggest that the illustrator was also familiar with cannons. See for instance You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. by Ellie Velinska.

I agree with what you wrote in one of your earlier posts: the author of the VMS appears to be familiar with Western European manuscripts. Hence he must have seen Christian images and of course one cannot exclude that echoes of Christian imagery appear here and there, why not? But I am under the impression that the manuscript does not depend much on Christian ideas. Maybe more of a scientific/magical work?
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RE: Saint Barbara, baths, towers, and canons - by MarcoP - 16-08-2019, 06:43 AM

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