17-05-2020, 04:57 PM
(This post was last modified: 17-05-2020, 04:57 PM by davidjackson.)
My concern is that you, jkp, sometimes don't quite make the difference clear between the semantic meaning of voynich glyphs and their design heritage. You can't assume that because, ie, one of them looks like a vowel it actually is a vowel. *
Antonio, lovely story about Salomón, didn't know that one. There are a number of mud 15th woodcuts with such bowl elements in them, usually spice holders. Here's one from circa 1435. Wing from the Mirror of Salvation altarliece from St. Leonhard, Basle. Tempera on wood. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
The other wings also show similar items. However, the imagery suggests such things were reserved for the upper classes.
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Antonio, lovely story about Salomón, didn't know that one. There are a number of mud 15th woodcuts with such bowl elements in them, usually spice holders. Here's one from circa 1435. Wing from the Mirror of Salvation altarliece from St. Leonhard, Basle. Tempera on wood. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
The other wings also show similar items. However, the imagery suggests such things were reserved for the upper classes.
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