04-08-2016, 07:36 AM
I've seen this comparison before I think. What would that mean though, if indeed this is supposed to represent the Qsar mosaic leopard? Other animals in the Qsar mosaic have greenery behind them too. One of them is an actual lion. I don't really see any other connections, do you?
I've noticed some matches while looking at maps, although I don't see the connection there either, but i'll lay it out in case it can be connected back to your mosaic.
The closest match I have seen to the MS leopard or whatever it is, is from the Genoese World Map.
Head tilted, paw raised, looks like a large cat of some kind, although it is not blue nor does it have spots.
Don't rely on the 1912 facsimile thereof, although here it is, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. they drew the tail completely differently for some reason. The original has tail between legs and fluffing into three sections, facsimile has a spiral tail behind. I could come up with a conspiracy story regarding that change. Anyone know the real story?
Here is the original: To the right of top center, animal's head is facing downwards:
![[Image: Genoese_map.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Genoese_map.jpg)
The Anglo Saxon World Map also has a similar lion, in the same corner of the world, the Caspian Sea is on the bottom of the picture but it is east up, in terms of the whole map it is top left:
![[Image: droppedImage_1.png]](http://www.cartographic-images.net/Cartographic_Images/210_The_Cottoniana_or_Anglo-Saxon_Map_files/droppedImage_1.png)
Here is the whole map
![[Image: 210.jpg]](http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/EMimages/210.jpg)
This one has the lion in Africa
![[Image: droppedImage.png]](http://www.cartographic-images.net/Cartographic_Images/220.1_Vercelli_Mappamundi_files/droppedImage.png)
And one more, Lambert of St. Omer, Liber Floridus:
![[Image: droppedImage_3.png]](http://www.cartographic-images.net/Cartographic_Images/217_Lambert_of_St._Omer_files/droppedImage_3.png)
However I think it is mainly a "here be lions" type of thing, so I don't know what the connection would be with the "zodiac" version unless it is talking about something else, such as a place or a time.
That is the only connection I could see with the mosaic idea as well.
One more problem I see, is how would the mosaic be known to someone to reference it, if it was dug up in 1957 as a mysterious find? It seemed they were surprised by some of the imagery so it seems too obscure a reference, even if somehow someone had knowledge of it during the time of the creation of the MS.
I've noticed some matches while looking at maps, although I don't see the connection there either, but i'll lay it out in case it can be connected back to your mosaic.
The closest match I have seen to the MS leopard or whatever it is, is from the Genoese World Map.
Head tilted, paw raised, looks like a large cat of some kind, although it is not blue nor does it have spots.
Don't rely on the 1912 facsimile thereof, although here it is, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. they drew the tail completely differently for some reason. The original has tail between legs and fluffing into three sections, facsimile has a spiral tail behind. I could come up with a conspiracy story regarding that change. Anyone know the real story?
Here is the original: To the right of top center, animal's head is facing downwards:
The Anglo Saxon World Map also has a similar lion, in the same corner of the world, the Caspian Sea is on the bottom of the picture but it is east up, in terms of the whole map it is top left:
Here is the whole map
This one has the lion in Africa
And one more, Lambert of St. Omer, Liber Floridus:
However I think it is mainly a "here be lions" type of thing, so I don't know what the connection would be with the "zodiac" version unless it is talking about something else, such as a place or a time.
That is the only connection I could see with the mosaic idea as well.
One more problem I see, is how would the mosaic be known to someone to reference it, if it was dug up in 1957 as a mysterious find? It seemed they were surprised by some of the imagery so it seems too obscure a reference, even if somehow someone had knowledge of it during the time of the creation of the MS.