Thanks, both.
I realize that there are other versions of the myth from other locations and different times, and therefore there have been several historical interpretations and incarnations of this story.
I thought I was being reasonably careful when I said: "Given these conditions at the time of its creation, the primary interpretation of the illustration of Harley 334 f. 57 has to be a representation of Melusine, because that was the semiotic environment of that time and location."
That is; The given conditions for the provenance of Harley 334, being made in Paris in the second quarter of the 1400s, would indicate (IMO) that the *primary interpretation* would reference the Valois connection to Melusine. That does not eliminate a secondary interpretation. But it does require the secondary interpretation to also be prominent, to some degree, in Paris in that time period. So.... what is that alternate interpretation in Paris at that time?? And what historical evidence supports that alternate presence and interpretation?
+ And, yes indeed, Oz does have its own semiotic environment and one could start with 'Waltzing Matilda" - for old-timers.
I realize that there are other versions of the myth from other locations and different times, and therefore there have been several historical interpretations and incarnations of this story.
I thought I was being reasonably careful when I said: "Given these conditions at the time of its creation, the primary interpretation of the illustration of Harley 334 f. 57 has to be a representation of Melusine, because that was the semiotic environment of that time and location."
That is; The given conditions for the provenance of Harley 334, being made in Paris in the second quarter of the 1400s, would indicate (IMO) that the *primary interpretation* would reference the Valois connection to Melusine. That does not eliminate a secondary interpretation. But it does require the secondary interpretation to also be prominent, to some degree, in Paris in that time period. So.... what is that alternate interpretation in Paris at that time?? And what historical evidence supports that alternate presence and interpretation?
+ And, yes indeed, Oz does have its own semiotic environment and one could start with 'Waltzing Matilda" - for old-timers.