How woud an attack work? Spiral text as Rev. 6:14.

[R. Sale]

Peculiarities are everywhere, for sure. But is the VMs source authentic in its cultural origins, or is it synthetic and made to look peculiar intentionally. Being intentionally made to look peculiar, visual alteration, is a form of disguise and deception. Visual alteration can be shown in the cosmic comparison. Structure is retained, but appearance is altered. The extent of the attempt to alter images can be partly seen in the use of illustrations that combine two separate sources. Deception can be shown in the dual interpretation of White Aries.

If VMs text was going to link up to 'normal' text, the "plant monographs" would be a logical possibility. The difficulty / inability to make that happen is a major obstacle. The illustrations of the VMs are like a visual code. One of the medieval, visual systems that makes a part of that code is heraldry. Heraldry in the VMs is subtle, but potentially strategic. If understanding the cosmos or finding the Genoese Gambit relied on a knowledge of heraldry, then the path to a VMs solution, if it consists of a series of steps, will require heraldic interpretation.

The strange thing about the peculiarities is when something familiar is found in all that appears strange and exotic. It starts with the VMs cosmos. But there is more than just the suggestion of finding familiar ambiguity hidden in the VMs. There is the common factor of a generally shared provenance for a certain set of these ambiguous interpretations, which not only fits the VMs C-14 results, but can also be identified by various cultural examples, such as the Oresme cosmos, Melusine the mermaid, the Agnus Dei critter on a nebuly line, the double-rainbow throne and so on.