Once the extraordinary union of blue stripes and red galeros is reset in its proper historical perspective, even the 'evidence' used to obfuscate the proper identification becomes evidence in favor of its validity. Everything would indicate that the artist was very familiar with the elements displayed, even when we, as readers, are not.
There are still difficulties with the hidden popes. They put a big scratch and dent in "genuine'. If things are genuine, why are they hidden, disguised and obfuscated? If the VMs were genuine, such references would would be clearly obvious. Instead, the illustrations are dubious; they are devious and duplicitous. They are dualistic combinations in several significant examples; the cosmos, the mermaid, the VMs critter.
WMV didn't understand what the VMs contains. He called it what he wanted it to be. If he had know of the hidden popes, he could have called them as evidence on his behalf. He did not understand the VMs cosmos, instead he got Newbold's folly - Andromeda. And yet WMV apparently lacked the proper data to correct this error - even though he (WMV) was the 'creator' of the text. He did not understand the mermaid, or the Agnus Dei.
The VMs is an example of "Make or Fake Burgundy". The various examples, Melusine, and the Golden Fleece, and La Sainte Hostie de Dijon, in the text, mark a strong orientation, either original or imposed, by the VMs creator. For a purpose, yet to be determined, if that is possible - despite intentional obfuscation and potentially significant material destruction. The sophistication (and obfuscation) of the construction, based on history and tradition, would seem to strongly indicate a purpose of some sort.
There are still difficulties with the hidden popes. They put a big scratch and dent in "genuine'. If things are genuine, why are they hidden, disguised and obfuscated? If the VMs were genuine, such references would would be clearly obvious. Instead, the illustrations are dubious; they are devious and duplicitous. They are dualistic combinations in several significant examples; the cosmos, the mermaid, the VMs critter.
WMV didn't understand what the VMs contains. He called it what he wanted it to be. If he had know of the hidden popes, he could have called them as evidence on his behalf. He did not understand the VMs cosmos, instead he got Newbold's folly - Andromeda. And yet WMV apparently lacked the proper data to correct this error - even though he (WMV) was the 'creator' of the text. He did not understand the mermaid, or the Agnus Dei.
The VMs is an example of "Make or Fake Burgundy". The various examples, Melusine, and the Golden Fleece, and La Sainte Hostie de Dijon, in the text, mark a strong orientation, either original or imposed, by the VMs creator. For a purpose, yet to be determined, if that is possible - despite intentional obfuscation and potentially significant material destruction. The sophistication (and obfuscation) of the construction, based on history and tradition, would seem to strongly indicate a purpose of some sort.