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[Koen G]

Coincidentally I wrote a post about these patterns some days ago, comparing them to patterns used in Ptolemaic Egyptian art. This is relevant to me, since I believe much of the MS's imagery to be the result of a series of copies going all the way back to Greco-Roman Egypt.

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The gist of it is that these patterns were found in statuettes of the goddess Bastet. Her statuettes were exceptional because often her dress was more carefully ornamented than the goddess herself. We are not sure why this is the case, but the pattern seems to suggest that the dress is very ornate - a certain degree of luxury, perhaps.


I am currently writing about astronomy, so this was just a short aside which I did not explore in depth. 

IF there is a link with Bastet (who, again, was known by the Greeks and Romans in the first centuries CE, so not some obscure Egyptian deity), then the associated aspects are:
- protection
- fertility

Which might explain why it is placed upon these figures, marking, perhaps, the point where the girl becomes a woman or something like that.

I do not think there is any link with medieval heraldry.