13-09-2020, 06:42 PM
For me, one of the biggest problems in the VM investigation is that there is no agreement even on the most elementary things, which is a symptom of not delving into the culture of the fifteenth century.
For example, the great expert in iconography Erwin Panofsky already made it clear that there were no women in the VM, that they were astral spirits. Well, there is still talk of a biological or balneological section. And that happens despite the evidence that they are the same figures of the zodiacal pages.
You don't have to study too much to understand that these nude women are an allegory of the stars, a common artistic resource at the time. You just have to see the painting The birth of Venus, by Botticelli. The author painted a woman but in reality it represents a planet.
It seems obvious, but I am afraid that it wil continue to be spoken and written for many years of the biological or balneological section of the Voynich.
For example, the great expert in iconography Erwin Panofsky already made it clear that there were no women in the VM, that they were astral spirits. Well, there is still talk of a biological or balneological section. And that happens despite the evidence that they are the same figures of the zodiacal pages.
You don't have to study too much to understand that these nude women are an allegory of the stars, a common artistic resource at the time. You just have to see the painting The birth of Venus, by Botticelli. The author painted a woman but in reality it represents a planet.
It seems obvious, but I am afraid that it wil continue to be spoken and written for many years of the biological or balneological section of the Voynich.

