18-06-2021, 10:58 PM
One theory does not stand alone. There is too much that is subject to variable interpretation. And that is due, in part, to the intentional creation of visual ambiguity through the alteration of appearance, while maintaining the original identity through other more determinant factors such as position, number and color.
One theory suggesting religious interpretation is supported by another theory with a similar interpretation. For VMs investigation, that would imply the historical Roman Catholic church, focused to the second quarter of the 1400s, with some leeway to either side, particularly to the past for traditional and historical reference.
The tradition of ecclesiastical heraldry is replicated in the red, green or white hats found on certain sets of nymphs in the VMs Zodiac sequence.
Armorial heraldry proposes the historical identification of Pope Innocent IV and reveals a historical connection to the origin of the ecclesiastical tradition of the cardinal's red galero. Why is it hidden in White Aries?
Placement of the two relevant figures in the White Aries depiction accords with their religious ranking.
There is the matter of the VMs critter as a modified version of an Agnus Dei illustration.
And there is the VMs double rainbow, a structure that frequently functions as the throne of Christ in religious images. Here, however, it is empty! Nothing creates ambiguity like an empty throne.
Clearly there is room for religious interpretation of what is found in the VMs, because certain religious elements have been used in the creation of a few illustrations. However, there are also VMs illustrations taken from scientific and classical sources. While the possibility of a 'religious' narrative is easily conceded, clearly it was a religious era (La Sainte Hostie de Dijon, the Colettine Poor Clares), the necessity of such a narrative -any narrative - remains to be demonstrated.
One theory suggesting religious interpretation is supported by another theory with a similar interpretation. For VMs investigation, that would imply the historical Roman Catholic church, focused to the second quarter of the 1400s, with some leeway to either side, particularly to the past for traditional and historical reference.
The tradition of ecclesiastical heraldry is replicated in the red, green or white hats found on certain sets of nymphs in the VMs Zodiac sequence.
Armorial heraldry proposes the historical identification of Pope Innocent IV and reveals a historical connection to the origin of the ecclesiastical tradition of the cardinal's red galero. Why is it hidden in White Aries?
Placement of the two relevant figures in the White Aries depiction accords with their religious ranking.
There is the matter of the VMs critter as a modified version of an Agnus Dei illustration.
And there is the VMs double rainbow, a structure that frequently functions as the throne of Christ in religious images. Here, however, it is empty! Nothing creates ambiguity like an empty throne.
Clearly there is room for religious interpretation of what is found in the VMs, because certain religious elements have been used in the creation of a few illustrations. However, there are also VMs illustrations taken from scientific and classical sources. While the possibility of a 'religious' narrative is easily conceded, clearly it was a religious era (La Sainte Hostie de Dijon, the Colettine Poor Clares), the necessity of such a narrative -any narrative - remains to be demonstrated.
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