I agree JKP, the ones we see on the Voynich page are much better defined. That's why I put "nebuly line" in quotes. I'm not sure how else to describe this type of line.
I just wanted to add this as an example, among the many other things proposed in the thread. I wanted to emphasize that medieval art can be very surprising in its way of depicting things, that there are many possibilities, and none of us can know for sure what the artist meant to represent. In the voynich image, there is a nebuly line, but there is also a squarish shape within it. For all I know this could also be the frilly edges of a cushion.
I don't really have an opinion so far: could be a reptile, hedgehog, sheep/ram, armored dog, catoblepas or other supernatural creature... To me everything is of equal validity at this point.
IMO, until somebody cracks this code, we're better off keeping an open mind about things, and gathering as many visually similar-looking motifs as we can, to avoid locking our minds up in a conceptual box.
I just wanted to add this as an example, among the many other things proposed in the thread. I wanted to emphasize that medieval art can be very surprising in its way of depicting things, that there are many possibilities, and none of us can know for sure what the artist meant to represent. In the voynich image, there is a nebuly line, but there is also a squarish shape within it. For all I know this could also be the frilly edges of a cushion.
I don't really have an opinion so far: could be a reptile, hedgehog, sheep/ram, armored dog, catoblepas or other supernatural creature... To me everything is of equal validity at this point.
IMO, until somebody cracks this code, we're better off keeping an open mind about things, and gathering as many visually similar-looking motifs as we can, to avoid locking our minds up in a conceptual box.