05-06-2021, 09:18 AM
I agree with you R. Sale that we need the whole 15th century mindset to understand the VM, but some things more than others. We do not need to know about politics or battles, but we do need to know about the enormous influence that astrology had on mentalities. Even cardinals of the catholic church like Pierre d'Ailly believed in the power of the stars.
And we also need a lot of common sense. If we have a book in which we see mostly plants and stars, the logical thing is that it talks about the relationship between them.
Regarding the four repeated sequences of f57v, the first thing that stands out is that of the 17 glyphs there are 7 that we see rarely or do not see at all in the rest of the book. The obvious conclusion is that they are not letters or phonemes of any language, but some kind of astrological-astronomical symbol. From here just one more step and it is concluded that all the VM glyphs are astronomical symbols arranged in some way that reproduce the movement of the sky
And we also need a lot of common sense. If we have a book in which we see mostly plants and stars, the logical thing is that it talks about the relationship between them.
Regarding the four repeated sequences of f57v, the first thing that stands out is that of the 17 glyphs there are 7 that we see rarely or do not see at all in the rest of the book. The obvious conclusion is that they are not letters or phonemes of any language, but some kind of astrological-astronomical symbol. From here just one more step and it is concluded that all the VM glyphs are astronomical symbols arranged in some way that reproduce the movement of the sky