Koen,
Hey, those are really great, especially the second. Structurally they are very good. The physical elements of artistic technique are very similar visually. But obviously the intended interpretations are distinct, different and unrelated.
These Egyptian lines have a much greater balance of top and bottom halves when compared with the proposed 'aegis' line. So if something like this, based on visual similarity alone, were relevant to the VMs 'nebuly' line, then perhaps it should be called an 'apep' line. Like that makes any sense!?
That's the problem with taking interpretations from one culture to another. Sometimes it doesn't work. That's why I have tried looking for interpretations that are consistent with the cultural interpretations of the late medieval period and with a strong emphasis on history and tradition as it would have been known at the time of VMs composition. Heraldry is a valid part of medieval history and tradition. And heraldry is a field of medieval knowledge where tradition has held fairly steady. Heraldry is present in VMs Pisces and Aries, but the patterns may not be known to various investigators. Therefore the topic has not been present in their investigations.
The Vms author was a person highly competent in the field of heraldry able to understand and create heraldic canting, because s/he put one in the ms. The procession of historical VMs researchers has shown that many have been unconcerned and potentially oblivious to the very suggestion of heraldry in the VMs, despite the clear representations found illustrated on the zodiac pages.
As a result, the conclusive piece of information, the papelonny pun, sits entirely outside the realms of recognition, if no one is any longer able to identify the pattern and definition of this particular fur and match it with the pair of examples in the VMs Pisces and Aries illustrations. This is an intentional construction, based on the objective placement. It needs to be examined. Heraldry is a valid premise for investigation. The purpose of investigation is to better understand the intent of the illustrations. Heraldry functions as an unexpected language to communicate that intent, which is the historical grounding based on the Fieschi popes and the tradition of the red galero.
Hey, those are really great, especially the second. Structurally they are very good. The physical elements of artistic technique are very similar visually. But obviously the intended interpretations are distinct, different and unrelated.
These Egyptian lines have a much greater balance of top and bottom halves when compared with the proposed 'aegis' line. So if something like this, based on visual similarity alone, were relevant to the VMs 'nebuly' line, then perhaps it should be called an 'apep' line. Like that makes any sense!?
That's the problem with taking interpretations from one culture to another. Sometimes it doesn't work. That's why I have tried looking for interpretations that are consistent with the cultural interpretations of the late medieval period and with a strong emphasis on history and tradition as it would have been known at the time of VMs composition. Heraldry is a valid part of medieval history and tradition. And heraldry is a field of medieval knowledge where tradition has held fairly steady. Heraldry is present in VMs Pisces and Aries, but the patterns may not be known to various investigators. Therefore the topic has not been present in their investigations.
The Vms author was a person highly competent in the field of heraldry able to understand and create heraldic canting, because s/he put one in the ms. The procession of historical VMs researchers has shown that many have been unconcerned and potentially oblivious to the very suggestion of heraldry in the VMs, despite the clear representations found illustrated on the zodiac pages.
As a result, the conclusive piece of information, the papelonny pun, sits entirely outside the realms of recognition, if no one is any longer able to identify the pattern and definition of this particular fur and match it with the pair of examples in the VMs Pisces and Aries illustrations. This is an intentional construction, based on the objective placement. It needs to be examined. Heraldry is a valid premise for investigation. The purpose of investigation is to better understand the intent of the illustrations. Heraldry functions as an unexpected language to communicate that intent, which is the historical grounding based on the Fieschi popes and the tradition of the red galero.