Civitas Dei surrounded by the Four Rivers, that's quite spectacular. Also, an unusual choice to use the four rivers.
Do you have a date when it was made?
The walls, foundations, clouds and light seem to make a coherent package, and even though the absence of the 12 gates seems problematic, a lot of variation is plainly allowed. It is the vast extent of this variation which causes similarity to be so unusual.
There are several basic types of cosmic boundaries: cloud-based, solar-based, angelic and others. There are various ways to draw cloud-based 'wolkenbands'. One set of possibilities is based on the different variations of the nebuly line. These three examples all use a similar version of a cloud-band that is based on an elaborated nebuly line. Two examples were made in Paris leading up to the VMs dates. The third is in the VMs.
The clue here is Paris - a Paris which is no longer French, but from 1420 to 1435 was held by an alliance of the English and Burgundians. VMs sightings of the Golden Fleece clearly connect to the era of the Duchy of Burgundy starting in 1430. The VMs illustrations play a game of hide and seek with certain iconic images of the era - prior to 1450. The artist hides and the reader seeks. The fun begins.
Do you have a date when it was made?
The walls, foundations, clouds and light seem to make a coherent package, and even though the absence of the 12 gates seems problematic, a lot of variation is plainly allowed. It is the vast extent of this variation which causes similarity to be so unusual.
There are several basic types of cosmic boundaries: cloud-based, solar-based, angelic and others. There are various ways to draw cloud-based 'wolkenbands'. One set of possibilities is based on the different variations of the nebuly line. These three examples all use a similar version of a cloud-band that is based on an elaborated nebuly line. Two examples were made in Paris leading up to the VMs dates. The third is in the VMs.
The clue here is Paris - a Paris which is no longer French, but from 1420 to 1435 was held by an alliance of the English and Burgundians. VMs sightings of the Golden Fleece clearly connect to the era of the Duchy of Burgundy starting in 1430. The VMs illustrations play a game of hide and seek with certain iconic images of the era - prior to 1450. The artist hides and the reader seeks. The fun begins.