23-07-2016, 05:12 PM
I've also had the idea that the rosettes refer to the spheres of the planets, and/or the layers of heaven that some early Jewish and Christian traditions talk of. See You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. earlier thread (I no longer think a connection to Kabbalah is that likely, as I haven't seen evidence that the Tree of Life diagram existed in the 15th century). As I mentioned in that thread, the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. may be interesting here.
I'm not sure the upper right rosette is the Earth because it in associated with a T-O map, rather the T-O map could represent Earth, and the rosette the lowest heaven, or the sphere of the moon. The Second Book of Enoch mentioned that the lowest heaven contains storehouses of snow, dew etc., which may be why there are buildings drawn in the rosette. The third heaven contains paradise according to the Second Book of Enoch, (it seems the Apostle Paul believed that as well, and consequently so did many early Christians), and Wastl & Feger pointed out that the rectangle in the lower right rosette looks a lot like representations of paradise on medieval maps. If one starts to count at the upper right (earth/lowest heaven), this indeed could be the third one.
As for the symbol on the lower left, it doesn't appear in Gessmann's "You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view." as that of a metal, but was used in a few other meanings. Apparently it most often meant "Aqua vitae" (distillate of alcohol), with the tip pointing downwards.
I'm not sure the upper right rosette is the Earth because it in associated with a T-O map, rather the T-O map could represent Earth, and the rosette the lowest heaven, or the sphere of the moon. The Second Book of Enoch mentioned that the lowest heaven contains storehouses of snow, dew etc., which may be why there are buildings drawn in the rosette. The third heaven contains paradise according to the Second Book of Enoch, (it seems the Apostle Paul believed that as well, and consequently so did many early Christians), and Wastl & Feger pointed out that the rectangle in the lower right rosette looks a lot like representations of paradise on medieval maps. If one starts to count at the upper right (earth/lowest heaven), this indeed could be the third one.
As for the symbol on the lower left, it doesn't appear in Gessmann's "You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view." as that of a metal, but was used in a few other meanings. Apparently it most often meant "Aqua vitae" (distillate of alcohol), with the tip pointing downwards.