24-06-2021, 10:35 PM
The sun was believed to rise from and set in the ocean, so water and light would be more than appropriate for both the sun's first rays and its last. If the pattern is the Ocean's waves, then your rising sun is about to plunge face first into the water. I find these patterns difficult to interpret though, also because of the fading around the edges. But if they represent water and light, then I don't see any problem. I don't think the rising sun facing one of the cliffs is a problem: we can imagine it moving and climbing towards top right (my south) so it will rise above the cliffs and appear on the horizon. Again though, I would not include these faded and unclear items into the core of my interpretation, but rising over the horizon vs moving towards the waves seems appropriate behavior for the rising and setting sun respectively.
Regarding the T-O map, I am inclined to stick with what Rene wrote in another thread and see it as a symbol of the world - it might just be that. Maybe its orientation matters, but I don't know enough about T-O maps (and the way the VM uses them) to say if we can confidently use its orientation in any way. Isn't the big part on top supposed to be Asia, i.e. Orient, which would be okay with my interpretation?
Regarding the T-O map, I am inclined to stick with what Rene wrote in another thread and see it as a symbol of the world - it might just be that. Maybe its orientation matters, but I don't know enough about T-O maps (and the way the VM uses them) to say if we can confidently use its orientation in any way. Isn't the big part on top supposed to be Asia, i.e. Orient, which would be okay with my interpretation?