f80r top nymphs
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(03-05-2016, 08:29 PM)Koen Gh. wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.What do you think?

Well, the most important thing I think is that this is a discussion that is necessarily subjective, so unlikely to be conclusive.
It is quite typical in these forum discussions that it is opinion against opinion.
So, against that background....

First thanks to Marco for finding this illustrated Ovid MS. It is another fine example of the incredible amount of human effort that went into the production of medieval books.
The cycle of illustrations captures most if not all key scenes:
- the cutting out of the tongue,
- the handing over of the cloth
- showing the cloth to her sister
- serving the son to the king and showing his cut off head
- three people turning into birds

Some of the Paris illustrations are not clear giveaways, but together, without reading the text, it is clear which myth is being shown here.
In the Voynich MS we don't have any of these key scenes, but some that could be explained in this way.
The most interesting one, having the hands tied behind the back, does not include the tongue cutting, which is the key event in the story here.
What's more, as visible on this interesting blog page of VViews:
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there are several other cases where nymphs have their hands behind their back (with a few of them as if they are also tied together).
(There's more to be said about this blog page, but under another heading).

The cloth, with the story of her ordeal woven into pictures, appears twice in the Paris MS. The wand in the Voynich MS seems just like a piece of clothing without any particular role.
There are two people and two birds (not three), and it is lacking the key 'metamorphosis' of changing from people to birds (which is why the story is in Ovid in the first place, of course).
What's more, this is on the reverse of the rosettes page, where a connnection with You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. would not really be expected.

So, that's my personal view...
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f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 01-05-2016, 12:02 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by ReneZ - 01-05-2016, 07:36 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Helmut Winkler - 01-05-2016, 08:03 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 01-05-2016, 08:25 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by -JKP- - 01-05-2016, 09:54 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 01-05-2016, 09:59 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by -JKP- - 01-05-2016, 10:22 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Helmut Winkler - 01-05-2016, 10:33 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by -JKP- - 01-05-2016, 10:40 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Helmut Winkler - 01-05-2016, 11:20 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 01-05-2016, 11:26 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Sam G - 01-05-2016, 09:11 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 01-05-2016, 11:08 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Sam G - 02-05-2016, 08:07 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by EllieV - 01-05-2016, 11:29 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by R. Sale - 02-05-2016, 01:11 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by -JKP- - 02-05-2016, 05:06 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 02-05-2016, 07:47 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 02-05-2016, 08:36 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Sam G - 02-05-2016, 08:54 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by MarcoP - 02-05-2016, 09:18 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 02-05-2016, 09:32 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by MarcoP - 02-05-2016, 09:47 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 02-05-2016, 09:59 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by ReneZ - 02-05-2016, 11:27 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 02-05-2016, 11:58 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by -JKP- - 02-05-2016, 12:15 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 02-05-2016, 12:27 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by ReneZ - 02-05-2016, 12:31 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by -JKP- - 02-05-2016, 11:09 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 02-05-2016, 12:49 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by MarcoP - 02-05-2016, 03:02 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by MarcoP - 03-05-2016, 06:15 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 03-05-2016, 08:29 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by ReneZ - 04-05-2016, 08:01 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 03-05-2016, 10:01 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by MarcoP - 04-05-2016, 08:20 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 04-05-2016, 09:00 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by R. Sale - 04-05-2016, 06:46 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 04-05-2016, 07:28 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by ReneZ - 04-05-2016, 08:13 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Davidsch - 05-05-2016, 07:13 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 19-05-2016, 03:13 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Davidsch - 27-05-2016, 11:56 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by VViews - 27-05-2016, 12:29 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 27-05-2016, 12:34 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Davidsch - 30-05-2016, 06:31 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 30-05-2016, 06:45 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Davidsch - 31-05-2016, 11:05 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Wladimir D - 18-09-2016, 03:19 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 18-09-2016, 04:28 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by -JKP- - 18-09-2016, 07:16 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 20-09-2016, 12:44 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Wladimir D - 20-09-2016, 05:35 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Wladimir D - 22-01-2018, 10:42 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by -JKP- - 22-01-2018, 10:49 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 22-01-2018, 12:26 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by ReneZ - 22-01-2018, 02:22 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Bluetoes101 - 04-03-2018, 12:45 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by -JKP- - 04-03-2018, 05:58 AM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Bluetoes101 - 04-03-2018, 05:21 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Koen G - 04-03-2018, 05:36 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Bluetoes101 - 04-03-2018, 07:38 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by davidjackson - 05-03-2018, 08:13 PM
RE: f80r top nymphs - by Bluetoes101 - 05-03-2018, 09:42 PM

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