Oresme plus Shirakatsi

[Linda]

Here is the blog post by David from 2014 You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

However i do agree that the pattern in the vms could be a reference to these works, and to Oresme's as well for its part in the pattern. A mnemonic bibliography, so to speak.

Previously i had considered the bibliography of the vms to include the works of Homer, Ovid, Virgil, and others, in that they all mention the Deucalion & Pyrrha story, which i considered to be referenced in the vms as well. Likewise this pulls in Plato and Aristotle, who discuss the realities of the myth. This is consistent with the time period of the vms creation, as the Platonic Academy was founded shortly after the Council of Florence in 1438.

Recently i was looking at the nymph headresses and was concentrating at the roll on head precursor that Koen posted from the Germanicus Phainomenon, in the Virgo depiction. I found a text only version of it, skimmed it, and landed on a page that mentions Deucalion. It doesn't prove anything, but it still makes me feel like there is a consistent theme to the works referenced, that of explaining the universe, the world, and its changes through time.