27-12-2020, 07:58 PM
I'm developing a theory where the "Christian layer" on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. refers to Genesis 1-3. Supposedly, these would be the events that lead up to the banishment from the Garden top right on f80r.
Now Genesis 1-3 is a tricky "narrative", since it included the infamous double creation. God creates everything, and then in the second chapter this first chapter is ignored and God just creates everything again. This is one of those passages where you notice how the Bible was a book that formed over centuries.
I'm still in the process of starting to think about this, so this is just some loose theorizing.
First of all, I wondered: could there be a serpent somewhere on this folio? There is a scaly creature, but this is not what we would describe as a serpent. That said, the serpent in medieval art took on a variety of forms, most of them including a (crowned) female head, sometimes arms (for apple-handling) and sometimes even a whole human body. Just google You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and you will see its many bizarre incarnations.
Moreover, the serpent will undergo some kind of change, since God punishes it to live on the ground and eat dirt.
I think the nymph holding out the red orb (from which a bite has been taken exposing the white flesh?) may allude to the serpent. Note the nymph's strange tail. The VM knows how to draw braids, and prefers loose hair with strands. However, this nymph's hair is tightly bound and sectioned.
(more to follow)
Now Genesis 1-3 is a tricky "narrative", since it included the infamous double creation. God creates everything, and then in the second chapter this first chapter is ignored and God just creates everything again. This is one of those passages where you notice how the Bible was a book that formed over centuries.
I'm still in the process of starting to think about this, so this is just some loose theorizing.
First of all, I wondered: could there be a serpent somewhere on this folio? There is a scaly creature, but this is not what we would describe as a serpent. That said, the serpent in medieval art took on a variety of forms, most of them including a (crowned) female head, sometimes arms (for apple-handling) and sometimes even a whole human body. Just google You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and you will see its many bizarre incarnations.
Moreover, the serpent will undergo some kind of change, since God punishes it to live on the ground and eat dirt.
I think the nymph holding out the red orb (from which a bite has been taken exposing the white flesh?) may allude to the serpent. Note the nymph's strange tail. The VM knows how to draw braids, and prefers loose hair with strands. However, this nymph's hair is tightly bound and sectioned.
(more to follow)