17-12-2019, 11:36 PM
So credit where credit is due, works for me. I was only intending to say that I wasn't trying to present it as my own discovery.
On the other hand, as a VMs investigator for a number of years, and interested in the cosmos for some time, this was the first I had seen of the Shirakatsi diagram. And if the diagram has been around all this time, why has it taken so long for it to reenter the discussion?
The VMs cosmos is a combination of Oresme and Shirakatsi, That explains it. No need for further investigation. Just copy Shirakatsi with a camera obscura and fill in Oresme by hand. That will give the same structure as the VMs. But it doesn't explain the appearance. That takes more work. The VMs is clearly not a copy.
Another example of image combination (IMO), is the VMs critter, most recently presented by JKP as a potential representation of the Agnus Dei.
The VMs version of the Agnus Dei is a minimalist representation of the structure of the illustration from the "Apocalypse of S Jean" (1313) combined with the form of the Golden Fleece as used (1430) by Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy . And the connection is substantiated by the presence of that book in the duke's library.
On the other hand, as a VMs investigator for a number of years, and interested in the cosmos for some time, this was the first I had seen of the Shirakatsi diagram. And if the diagram has been around all this time, why has it taken so long for it to reenter the discussion?
The VMs cosmos is a combination of Oresme and Shirakatsi, That explains it. No need for further investigation. Just copy Shirakatsi with a camera obscura and fill in Oresme by hand. That will give the same structure as the VMs. But it doesn't explain the appearance. That takes more work. The VMs is clearly not a copy.
Another example of image combination (IMO), is the VMs critter, most recently presented by JKP as a potential representation of the Agnus Dei.
The VMs version of the Agnus Dei is a minimalist representation of the structure of the illustration from the "Apocalypse of S Jean" (1313) combined with the form of the Golden Fleece as used (1430) by Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy . And the connection is substantiated by the presence of that book in the duke's library.