30-12-2020, 12:43 AM
Perhaps the modern level of knowledge has shifted the perspective somewhat. What is now seen as simple would have been seen differently by those few who could read, and considered the interpretation of the sacred glyphs to be a religious experience. Get the old gray cells revved up a bit.
Whatever techniques were applied by an author were apparently thought to be worthwhile and sufficient by their users for the task at hand. Why indeed?
Mnemonic techniques are integral to interpreting the illustrations of the VMs. However, they only work when there is a memory to be activated. When there is no memory, nothing happens. If the connection is flawed, things go astray. In order to reestablish the historical memory, things need to be seen as they were in a relevant historical period. [VMs approx. 1400-1450]
The recovery of medieval historical and traditional information has aided in a better understanding of VMs illustrations. These establish our understanding of the author's memories. Without them, we're going nowhere. The recovery of the nebuly line establishes its use as a cosmic boundary, for example.
Mnemonic techniques require mnemonic objects properly interpreted. It is similar to heraldic canting. There is a greater sophistication in some of the VMs illustrations than has been previously recognized. Much of what has been set aside as accidental similarity could be alternately interpreted as sophisticated ambiguity. The best path forward is established as different investigations approach congruity.
Whatever techniques were applied by an author were apparently thought to be worthwhile and sufficient by their users for the task at hand. Why indeed?
Mnemonic techniques are integral to interpreting the illustrations of the VMs. However, they only work when there is a memory to be activated. When there is no memory, nothing happens. If the connection is flawed, things go astray. In order to reestablish the historical memory, things need to be seen as they were in a relevant historical period. [VMs approx. 1400-1450]
The recovery of medieval historical and traditional information has aided in a better understanding of VMs illustrations. These establish our understanding of the author's memories. Without them, we're going nowhere. The recovery of the nebuly line establishes its use as a cosmic boundary, for example.
Mnemonic techniques require mnemonic objects properly interpreted. It is similar to heraldic canting. There is a greater sophistication in some of the VMs illustrations than has been previously recognized. Much of what has been set aside as accidental similarity could be alternately interpreted as sophisticated ambiguity. The best path forward is established as different investigations approach congruity.