29-07-2016, 10:05 PM
Don,
Lots of questions; lots of answers. I should write a book. I know you've been thoroughly involved in your own investigations, and you have some familiarity with mine from a while back. New things have been added from time to time. I have primarily moved here to the VMsNinja, and have posted on several things, besides heraldry. So there is a little backlog of guapo to look at. And the answer is hidden in there somewhere. It'sssssss, ..... the Golden Key.
My method of attack on the VMs is to use traditional heraldry of an appropriate chronology as a standard for the interpretation of certain illustrations in the VMs Zodiac. Heraldic interpretation opens a door of discovery. All of this is pictorial, not written.
I think we have all been searching the Vms to try and explain various parts. Here is an example where a traditional system of communication makes a number of different connections in a particular location. And the different connections then turn out to be historically entwined with the Genoese Popes. And that seems significant to me.
The consideration of unexpected languages also led to the topic of pattern recognition - referring in particular to the profusion of pairings to be found in the medallions of the first five VMs houses of the zodiac. Not to mention the unexpected (totally gonzo) method by which it was accomplished. There are pairings compounded on pairings and this continues from the top of Pisces in the tub patterns of the outer ring. And here again the pairings are compounded. This is the paring paradigm. The path of investigation is marked by pairs - like lights on a garden path. Pairing is significant in the heraldic establishment of a historical identification. Besides the Fieschi insignia other potential armorial identifications include Chateaubriand, de Gorges, la Zouche, Berrington of Chester, Albizzi of Florence, Thomas de Kent and a fellow known as Otto the Archdeacon, the last two recorded twice in early English armorial rolls.
If the historical connection can be made, then the VMs White Aries illustration shows an example of a fancy textual marker in a circular band of text, with a blue-striped heraldic insignia attached directly to it. Two rectangles with a common side. This occurrence is unique in the VMs. I think it implies the two things are connected.
Seeing the figures hierarchically placed in the celestial spheres, as pope and cardinal. And recalling the historical phrase, 'The pope holds the keys to heaven.' And in consideration that the existence of three simultaneous popes, resolved at the Council of Constance overlaps with the early part of the parchment manufacture dates. Perhaps we will recall that keys are considered to be a papal attribute.
According to tradition, as also seen in heraldry, the pope has two keys: the silver key to the earthly realms and the golden key to the heavens. And, in the White Aries illustration, the figure is looking to the *second* patterned marker that is just out of reach. That is the Golden Key. The purpose of heraldry in this instance is to validate specific textual markers. This is a construction that clearly has the capacity to function as a text delivery system. Is it there by accident? Is it there unused? I don't think so.
In addition, the text in the outer band of White Aries has certain qualities. In comparison with all other VMs Zodiac texts, it is unique in the number of words that are duplicated. Many words start with EVA 'o'. And 'o' is the first letter of the seventeen symbol sequence of f57v. And the vast majority of the symbols in the Golden Key text are a limited set from this sequence.
I don't seem to do well with potential linguistic investigations. What I've tried has failed. But if this text segment has been selectively put forth by the VMs author, then there should be a good reason for it. What can this text segment tell us? And how can we move further along this path of investigation? Given the examples of detailed construction involved so far, like the papelonny pun, can we ignore it?
Lots of questions; lots of answers. I should write a book. I know you've been thoroughly involved in your own investigations, and you have some familiarity with mine from a while back. New things have been added from time to time. I have primarily moved here to the VMsNinja, and have posted on several things, besides heraldry. So there is a little backlog of guapo to look at. And the answer is hidden in there somewhere. It'sssssss, ..... the Golden Key.
My method of attack on the VMs is to use traditional heraldry of an appropriate chronology as a standard for the interpretation of certain illustrations in the VMs Zodiac. Heraldic interpretation opens a door of discovery. All of this is pictorial, not written.
I think we have all been searching the Vms to try and explain various parts. Here is an example where a traditional system of communication makes a number of different connections in a particular location. And the different connections then turn out to be historically entwined with the Genoese Popes. And that seems significant to me.
The consideration of unexpected languages also led to the topic of pattern recognition - referring in particular to the profusion of pairings to be found in the medallions of the first five VMs houses of the zodiac. Not to mention the unexpected (totally gonzo) method by which it was accomplished. There are pairings compounded on pairings and this continues from the top of Pisces in the tub patterns of the outer ring. And here again the pairings are compounded. This is the paring paradigm. The path of investigation is marked by pairs - like lights on a garden path. Pairing is significant in the heraldic establishment of a historical identification. Besides the Fieschi insignia other potential armorial identifications include Chateaubriand, de Gorges, la Zouche, Berrington of Chester, Albizzi of Florence, Thomas de Kent and a fellow known as Otto the Archdeacon, the last two recorded twice in early English armorial rolls.
If the historical connection can be made, then the VMs White Aries illustration shows an example of a fancy textual marker in a circular band of text, with a blue-striped heraldic insignia attached directly to it. Two rectangles with a common side. This occurrence is unique in the VMs. I think it implies the two things are connected.
Seeing the figures hierarchically placed in the celestial spheres, as pope and cardinal. And recalling the historical phrase, 'The pope holds the keys to heaven.' And in consideration that the existence of three simultaneous popes, resolved at the Council of Constance overlaps with the early part of the parchment manufacture dates. Perhaps we will recall that keys are considered to be a papal attribute.
According to tradition, as also seen in heraldry, the pope has two keys: the silver key to the earthly realms and the golden key to the heavens. And, in the White Aries illustration, the figure is looking to the *second* patterned marker that is just out of reach. That is the Golden Key. The purpose of heraldry in this instance is to validate specific textual markers. This is a construction that clearly has the capacity to function as a text delivery system. Is it there by accident? Is it there unused? I don't think so.
In addition, the text in the outer band of White Aries has certain qualities. In comparison with all other VMs Zodiac texts, it is unique in the number of words that are duplicated. Many words start with EVA 'o'. And 'o' is the first letter of the seventeen symbol sequence of f57v. And the vast majority of the symbols in the Golden Key text are a limited set from this sequence.
I don't seem to do well with potential linguistic investigations. What I've tried has failed. But if this text segment has been selectively put forth by the VMs author, then there should be a good reason for it. What can this text segment tell us? And how can we move further along this path of investigation? Given the examples of detailed construction involved so far, like the papelonny pun, can we ignore it?