Davidsch,
there could be many reasons why a ring would be depicted differently in different sections of the Voynich.
1) Iconography: If (and I stress the conditional here) the ladies with oversized rings are based on a heraldic inspiration, and the man with ring could be based on some other iconography: then we have a simple explanation.
2) Context: It is also important to remember that these are two different sections of the Voynich, so context may explain why, in the case of the ladies, the ring itself may be more important (and therefore emphasized) than the person holding it. See the illustration I posted above with the jeweler in a book of natural history: what is relevant to the text is not the jeweler, but the fact that stones can be set in rings) whereas in the case of the illustration you mention, the ring could be an embellishment indicating a person's social status: here, it is the person that is important.
Also, there are many manuscripts in which an object is shown at various levels of "magnification". See for example the oyster in another You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. about the umbrella/pinecone things: side by side, we have two different versions of the pearl oyster shell, one features both valves, and the other is a close-up on one valve. Yet they are both oyster shells.
there could be many reasons why a ring would be depicted differently in different sections of the Voynich.
1) Iconography: If (and I stress the conditional here) the ladies with oversized rings are based on a heraldic inspiration, and the man with ring could be based on some other iconography: then we have a simple explanation.
2) Context: It is also important to remember that these are two different sections of the Voynich, so context may explain why, in the case of the ladies, the ring itself may be more important (and therefore emphasized) than the person holding it. See the illustration I posted above with the jeweler in a book of natural history: what is relevant to the text is not the jeweler, but the fact that stones can be set in rings) whereas in the case of the illustration you mention, the ring could be an embellishment indicating a person's social status: here, it is the person that is important.
Also, there are many manuscripts in which an object is shown at various levels of "magnification". See for example the oyster in another You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. about the umbrella/pinecone things: side by side, we have two different versions of the pearl oyster shell, one features both valves, and the other is a close-up on one valve. Yet they are both oyster shells.