I see there are irregularities in the pattern, but they are relatively minor compared to the Greek example. The Greek example simply has no corresponding bulbs in the red color. Nor is this some painterly slip-up, as there is no reason to suggest that bulbs of some kind were attached to the garment.
This is not the first time that the lines have been given a connotation having to do with fabric, rather than using the definition of nebuly = cloudy. And assuming some portion of VMs investigators is not sufficiently familiar with this detail of heraldic terminology to put the two together, therefore pillow or cushion or folded fabric of some sort would seem a reasonable choice.
I was also wondering how either the Greek or the Tubingen influence might have been transmitted to the VMs artist. Which would be the more likely? I fully agree with VViews questions. And if I read it correctly, there's something of a chronological Gordian knot in the Greek transmission hypothesis.
The heraldry hypothesis is simpler. Well established and quite consistent across much of Europe for more than a century before the VMs parchment dates, heraldry is a sufficient explanation and an adequate source of definitions for some of what the VMs contains. This discussion of nebuly lines is just a small portion of the heraldic influences found in the VMs.
What has been interesting in these discussions is the capability to post the sample patterns. The two patterns posted are not an adequate representation of what the VMs contains. A more complete examination would show the complexity of the nebuly lines in the central rosette, the VMs version of Oresme's cosmos, other examples from Quire 13, etc . It could put the full range of VMs examples on a single page. And that would promote the investigation of VMs Imagery.
This is not the first time that the lines have been given a connotation having to do with fabric, rather than using the definition of nebuly = cloudy. And assuming some portion of VMs investigators is not sufficiently familiar with this detail of heraldic terminology to put the two together, therefore pillow or cushion or folded fabric of some sort would seem a reasonable choice.
I was also wondering how either the Greek or the Tubingen influence might have been transmitted to the VMs artist. Which would be the more likely? I fully agree with VViews questions. And if I read it correctly, there's something of a chronological Gordian knot in the Greek transmission hypothesis.
The heraldry hypothesis is simpler. Well established and quite consistent across much of Europe for more than a century before the VMs parchment dates, heraldry is a sufficient explanation and an adequate source of definitions for some of what the VMs contains. This discussion of nebuly lines is just a small portion of the heraldic influences found in the VMs.
What has been interesting in these discussions is the capability to post the sample patterns. The two patterns posted are not an adequate representation of what the VMs contains. A more complete examination would show the complexity of the nebuly lines in the central rosette, the VMs version of Oresme's cosmos, other examples from Quire 13, etc . It could put the full range of VMs examples on a single page. And that would promote the investigation of VMs Imagery.