The Renaissance didn't reach every part of Europe at the same time.
I have to admit, I don't think in terms of Renaissance very often in connection with the VMS. The printing press, better optics, and other technologies were strong influences on the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. When you have books available to a larger percentage of the populace, and you have a telescope or microscope so you can SEE what is going on, it promotes a different kind of thinking than exists when you are looking backward to classical philosophies to understand the universe.
Fashion always changes, young people don't want to dress like their grandparents, and technology changes it as well. Fashion changed quite a bit in the late 15th century and this was partly due to improved engineering: better sewing systems, better weaving frames, as well as better materials from countries that were farther away (which is partly because of better ships, better overland vehicles, and better navigation systems). The VMS fashion is consistent with the early 15th century. The VMS is handwritten, not printed. The pigments look like they are hand-mixed (and not very well in the case of the blues), not mechanically ground. Maybe it is as late as the mid-15th century, but nothing about it "feels" like mid-16th century or later.
I have to admit, I don't think in terms of Renaissance very often in connection with the VMS. The printing press, better optics, and other technologies were strong influences on the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. When you have books available to a larger percentage of the populace, and you have a telescope or microscope so you can SEE what is going on, it promotes a different kind of thinking than exists when you are looking backward to classical philosophies to understand the universe.
Fashion always changes, young people don't want to dress like their grandparents, and technology changes it as well. Fashion changed quite a bit in the late 15th century and this was partly due to improved engineering: better sewing systems, better weaving frames, as well as better materials from countries that were farther away (which is partly because of better ships, better overland vehicles, and better navigation systems). The VMS fashion is consistent with the early 15th century. The VMS is handwritten, not printed. The pigments look like they are hand-mixed (and not very well in the case of the blues), not mechanically ground. Maybe it is as late as the mid-15th century, but nothing about it "feels" like mid-16th century or later.