01-05-2016, 11:26 AM
JKP, if you decide to look into this matter and perhaps write a post about it, that would be very interesting indeed.
Personally I'd include early versions, specifically those into Greek. But that's probably just me, and unfortunately I hardly read any Greek. Anyone here does?
Also we have to keep Voynich peculiarities in mind. Was this color the only thing the painter had available for purple? In that case, we don't know which color they meant.
Another thing to keep in mind is that Voynich nymphs are naked by default and only bear those attributes that are absolutely required to identify them. So many descriptions about dress in the story are just ignored.
As to the symbolic layer, all main players are women - the man in the right is not on the stage. This must be relevant. Probably this myth is drawn to help the reader memorize a number of things he perceives as female. For example, Dianes idea that these nymphs refer to stars, constellations, cities or a combination of those.
If, for example, a sequencr of cities had to be memorized and could somehow be tied to these scenes of the story, that would be a great mnemonic. Such memory tricks were used in Antiquity and medieval times alike.
Personally I'd include early versions, specifically those into Greek. But that's probably just me, and unfortunately I hardly read any Greek. Anyone here does?
Also we have to keep Voynich peculiarities in mind. Was this color the only thing the painter had available for purple? In that case, we don't know which color they meant.
Another thing to keep in mind is that Voynich nymphs are naked by default and only bear those attributes that are absolutely required to identify them. So many descriptions about dress in the story are just ignored.
As to the symbolic layer, all main players are women - the man in the right is not on the stage. This must be relevant. Probably this myth is drawn to help the reader memorize a number of things he perceives as female. For example, Dianes idea that these nymphs refer to stars, constellations, cities or a combination of those.
If, for example, a sequencr of cities had to be memorized and could somehow be tied to these scenes of the story, that would be a great mnemonic. Such memory tricks were used in Antiquity and medieval times alike.