04-08-2016, 01:18 PM
(04-08-2016, 07:36 AM)Linda wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I've seen this comparison before I think.
Really, where?
Quote: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.
Right... and depictions of Leo generally do not.
Quote:One of them is an actual lion.
...and the VMS illustration does not look like a lion.
Quote:I don't really see any other connections, do you?
You mean beyond being a blue leopard with a very similar looking tree in the background?
Quote: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.
Well I'm not saying someone saw this exact same image of course, but something similar that stemmed from the same tradition.