28-04-2016, 01:01 PM
Nice collection of images, Marco, this allows for a thorough comparison. I don't know what the "umbrella" is, but based on your observations, I'd say that it is independent from this tradition. Two more differences I noticed:
- Voynich is the only one that has alternating colors for the pieces that radiate out from the centre. Two of the other examples do use shading, but all "pieces of the pie" look the same. In the VM you get either a white piece or a yellowish one (painted in the "original" color even).
- The older examples show a clear dome in side view. The other examples give a top view. Voynich, however, gives a side view with little to no dome effect. Kind of like a squashed umbrella.
- Voynich is the only one that has alternating colors for the pieces that radiate out from the centre. Two of the other examples do use shading, but all "pieces of the pie" look the same. In the VM you get either a white piece or a yellowish one (painted in the "original" color even).
- The older examples show a clear dome in side view. The other examples give a top view. Voynich, however, gives a side view with little to no dome effect. Kind of like a squashed umbrella.
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