[Blog Post] An Allegory of Salvation (Koen Gheuens & Cary Rapaport)

[CaryR]

I just wanted to say that your Voynich artwork is amazing.

Thanks Mark, let's keep my artwork to its own specific thread though, or this one may get sidetracked 

The one rosette which really annoys me is the top left rosette as unlike so much of the page it lacks much specific detail, at least within the circle. Really the only specific detail is the ring of crescent moons, as I describe them, in the centre. That lack of detail leaves it wide open to a lot of different interpretations, which I find frustrating. I think also, to me, it poses the question as to why the author chose to include so little detail; was there little detail to include or was it a conscious decision not to include much detail.

In response to this comment about the top left rosette, I would not describe it as lacking in specific detail just because it has more "empty space" than some of the others. In the ideas we have put forth of a structure that references Christ's side wound and the birth of Ecclesia, it is precisely the space and shape of this "opening" in the center that is an important detail in itself. Even though the outer border of this rosette is circular, like the others, the shape in the middle does not form a ring, but rather more of an "almond-shape." Though we did not set out to explain all details (and certainly don't suggest that any details we have not mentioned are meaningless), this is one that we found important. This is bordered on the inside by what you describe as crescent moons, and what Koen described as a "tongue" shape that also resembles teeth or claws. If this is one of the (less common) ways the VM represents flames or light, as he proposed, this location would be an appropriate place to find them: "Tongues of fire," representing the birth of the Church, are combined with other patterns that can be read with a consistent meaning.