04-02-2021, 11:43 PM
I seem to find my connections with the VMs zodiac and quire 13. I believe that there are a number of illustrations that show certain oddball interpretations of things that would pass as common knowledge for people who lived in the 1400s. The Valois connection to the myth of Melusine (Luxembourg version), knowledge of armorial and ecclesiastical heraldry for example. Other information could be more limited to those familiar with the history of the Catholic church, such as the origins of the tradition of the cardinal's red galero.
The combinations of paired images in illustrations like the cosmos and Melusine indicate a level of sophisticated obfuscation. The clearly dualistic nature of heraldic elements on White Aries reveal that deception is intentional. Surely there is more trickery here than what has been taken into account thus far.
There seem to be two significant areas where the historical connections come to ground: the library of the duke of Berry and the library of the dukes of Burgundy.
The combinations of paired images in illustrations like the cosmos and Melusine indicate a level of sophisticated obfuscation. The clearly dualistic nature of heraldic elements on White Aries reveal that deception is intentional. Surely there is more trickery here than what has been taken into account thus far.
There seem to be two significant areas where the historical connections come to ground: the library of the duke of Berry and the library of the dukes of Burgundy.