06-09-2019, 12:32 AM
When I blogged about the rosettes folio MAYBE representing two different planes, the corporeal plane (the corners) and the spiritual plane (the others), I was extremely ambivalent about how to classify the center rosette because I wondered whether it might be the "meeting ground" between the two planes.
In other words, was it a sacred place, like a temple (it looks like a dome with stars painted in the ceiling), which might be the "connection" where heaven and earth can somewhat communicate with one another, where people go to commune with their God (or gods). Herbs (containers) were often used for sacrificial purposes, for ritual purposes (incense), for embalming purposes (funeral), for Biblical references (Mary Magdalene wiping balm on Jesus's feet). There are so many connections between churches/temples and herbs, it would be difficult to list them all.
I like the pic. I've been scouring apocalypse manuscripts and Revelation ever since I wrote about the golden fleece/castorum blog that led me to the Agnus Dei pics, but I'm not sure I made the possible connection between those urns/vials (scale is always a problem with medieval manuscripts because big doesn't always mean big, sometimes it means "important") and the center rosette. That's an interesting thought.
In other words, was it a sacred place, like a temple (it looks like a dome with stars painted in the ceiling), which might be the "connection" where heaven and earth can somewhat communicate with one another, where people go to commune with their God (or gods). Herbs (containers) were often used for sacrificial purposes, for ritual purposes (incense), for embalming purposes (funeral), for Biblical references (Mary Magdalene wiping balm on Jesus's feet). There are so many connections between churches/temples and herbs, it would be difficult to list them all.
I like the pic. I've been scouring apocalypse manuscripts and Revelation ever since I wrote about the golden fleece/castorum blog that led me to the Agnus Dei pics, but I'm not sure I made the possible connection between those urns/vials (scale is always a problem with medieval manuscripts because big doesn't always mean big, sometimes it means "important") and the center rosette. That's an interesting thought.