15-03-2021, 11:21 AM
We can be turning this around in saecula saeculorum. We agree that the ladies are no real women, but both of you say that they are nymphs. I say no. I say that they are astral spirits as Panofsky said. A nymph is not exactly an astral spirit, but a divine spirit, which is not the same.
This would not be of much importance if it were not for the fact that it prevents a correct interpretation of the VM's iconography
What I don't understand, Koen, is that you, who have contributed so much to correctly interpret the thing, which is clearly a spindle, have opened this thread
This would not be of much importance if it were not for the fact that it prevents a correct interpretation of the VM's iconography
What I don't understand, Koen, is that you, who have contributed so much to correctly interpret the thing, which is clearly a spindle, have opened this thread