13-01-2021, 12:31 AM
Have you ever seen a mermaid wearing a hat? Here's one. MS M.453 fol. 175r
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After seeing the nimbus on the madonna in MS M.46 fol. 85v from this investigation of VMs Virgo, the hat looks strangely similar.
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The madonna representation's provenance is c. 1420, Belgium, probably Ghent.
The mermaid's provenance is c. 1425-1430, Paris.
The chronology is close. Flanders was a part of the Burgundian state. Paris was occupied (1420-1435) by the Anglo-Burgundian forces in the Hundred Years' War.
Could this mermaid be a subtle reference to Melusine? The Luxembourg (Valois, Burgundian) version of Melusine was a mermaid. Blue is the right color.
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After seeing the nimbus on the madonna in MS M.46 fol. 85v from this investigation of VMs Virgo, the hat looks strangely similar.
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The madonna representation's provenance is c. 1420, Belgium, probably Ghent.
The mermaid's provenance is c. 1425-1430, Paris.
The chronology is close. Flanders was a part of the Burgundian state. Paris was occupied (1420-1435) by the Anglo-Burgundian forces in the Hundred Years' War.
Could this mermaid be a subtle reference to Melusine? The Luxembourg (Valois, Burgundian) version of Melusine was a mermaid. Blue is the right color.