31-10-2019, 08:27 PM
Normally I wouldn't mention this, it's probably too coincidental, but I think the general IDEA of looking for similar characteristics might be worthwhile and I've been keeping my eyes open not just for double-rayed suns (and other rayed motifs) but also those in which the direction of the rays change course on the way around (and also are there any with double pairs of rays).
I grabbed one from the Visconti Hours just as an example (I have other examples)... this sun symbol has more rays than most of them and it has an interesting pincer shape under the leaf on the right that is poking in between the rays. It also has an almost hidden second layer of rays that might just be there for purposes of depth, but I'll mention it anyway:
I grabbed one from the Visconti Hours just as an example (I have other examples)... this sun symbol has more rays than most of them and it has an interesting pincer shape under the leaf on the right that is poking in between the rays. It also has an almost hidden second layer of rays that might just be there for purposes of depth, but I'll mention it anyway: