19-03-2021, 04:42 PM
I agree with you RobGea that the opinion of specialists would be very useful, but this is slippery ground where it takes a lot of courage. I am an amateur and certainly not afraid of making a fool of myself.
It is revealing that Panofsky thought this of the VM: That it is probably the surviving one of two volumes: the plant and star half of the work which doubtless included also beasts and stones.
In other words, the fundamental thing for him and that it did not vary was the astronomical-astrological part because the stars influenced plants, animals and stones.
It is revealing that Panofsky thought this of the VM: That it is probably the surviving one of two volumes: the plant and star half of the work which doubtless included also beasts and stones.
In other words, the fundamental thing for him and that it did not vary was the astronomical-astrological part because the stars influenced plants, animals and stones.