29-10-2021, 03:37 PM
(29-10-2021, 12:18 AM)CaryR wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I wonder if this VM rosette is conceptually linked to such a motif, which was expressed in a similar but unique way by Hildegard.
On folio 14r in the Scivias, the theme is "God, Cosmos and Humanity". This means that an explicit interpretation of the representation as Christ - mandorla would be another variant. This is quite possible, since the basic form ( egg ) is the same and the lack of references to direct, Christian symbolism is characteristic of the VMS. In any case, the depiction on the rosette folio has a message that needs to be interpreted.