06-05-2016, 11:01 AM
Wladimir D.,
The object is hard to determine, as it is just a circle or ball-shaped objects. There are several other instances of such objects in the Voynich, such as on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. for example, or possibly those on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. . But I don't want to focus on that here.
The disproportionately long arm you mention is indeed interesting. It seems like a clumsy attempt at perspective drawing, or perhaps the artist forgot to draw the arm holding the object at first, then remembered to add it later.
If we look at this particular pool using the repertoire of poses, we have: one Brandish holding an object, nine Spectators looking on, and one Bend reaching down for something. Is Bend reaching into the water to find an object similar to the one Brandish has? Or has Brandish retrieved the object Bend was looking for?
ReneZ,
thanks for mentioning the Vat.Gr. 1291 illustration. It does show many of the Voynich poses: 5/7, but still missing are the Bend and the Hands-off poses. I checked out the Vatican's digitized manuscripts but alas it seems Gr. 1291 is not available online. It would be great to see more illustrations from this MS to check if perhaps the other poses are in there too on other pages.
Koen Gh.,
Interesting observation about the arm positioning. The two figures are clearly engaging with one another, but I am not convinced that they are actually shaking hands though: the hands appear to be touching but the artist has not represented a grasping gesture, which he knows how to do. The observation you make about crossed arms and the way their hands are touching actually leads me to entertain the thought that they may be engaged in a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. .
The object is hard to determine, as it is just a circle or ball-shaped objects. There are several other instances of such objects in the Voynich, such as on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. for example, or possibly those on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. . But I don't want to focus on that here.
The disproportionately long arm you mention is indeed interesting. It seems like a clumsy attempt at perspective drawing, or perhaps the artist forgot to draw the arm holding the object at first, then remembered to add it later.
If we look at this particular pool using the repertoire of poses, we have: one Brandish holding an object, nine Spectators looking on, and one Bend reaching down for something. Is Bend reaching into the water to find an object similar to the one Brandish has? Or has Brandish retrieved the object Bend was looking for?
ReneZ,
thanks for mentioning the Vat.Gr. 1291 illustration. It does show many of the Voynich poses: 5/7, but still missing are the Bend and the Hands-off poses. I checked out the Vatican's digitized manuscripts but alas it seems Gr. 1291 is not available online. It would be great to see more illustrations from this MS to check if perhaps the other poses are in there too on other pages.
Koen Gh.,
Interesting observation about the arm positioning. The two figures are clearly engaging with one another, but I am not convinced that they are actually shaking hands though: the hands appear to be touching but the artist has not represented a grasping gesture, which he knows how to do. The observation you make about crossed arms and the way their hands are touching actually leads me to entertain the thought that they may be engaged in a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. .