There are in medieval heraldry, well before the VMs C-14 dates, clear examples and definitions of 'wavy' and 'nebuly' lines. They are not something I "prefer", this was the example and the terminology from the historical 'science' of heraldry. Nebuly derives from clouds; wavy indicates water - in nearly all medieval illustrations.
The heraldic connection, that this wandering, sort of meandering, serpentine, wobbly line around some stars, is a validly, historically named *nebuly* line is something that independently confirms this illustration as being a geocentric cosmos.
Heraldry is not separate from the iconographic language of that era; the vocabulary is the same in art and heraldry. The nebuly line is a wolkenband in the Berry Apocalypse. The cloud-based denotation and connotation of the nebuly line is clear. It does not work with the other terms or with other lines. The VMs artist knew this and used that information in the VMs cosmic representation and in Quire 13. The investigative use of less than adequate terminology is another matter.
The VMs is not about heraldry; there are other sources. That does not mean that the VMs does not contain heraldry, a semi of annulets, or an engrailed chief, or that it does not use information that was common to the science of heraldry at the time (C-14). Nor does it in any way limit or define the significance of whatever potential role that heraldry may have to play in the investigation of the VMs.
The investigation of the VMs cosmos itself, and the comparison with BNF Fr. 565 and Harley 334 examples reveals a lot about the VMs.
It is much easier, in my experience, to see the "known' rather than to discover the 'unknown'. If one knows the imperial wings, one sees the imperial wings, and if one knows armorial insignia, one can find armorial insignia. Not just in a generic sense, but a connection to the origins of an on-going (modified after C-14 dates) Catholic religious tradition - the cardinal's red galero. There is a single 'nymph' on VMs White Aries that has a red hat and blue stripes. And s/he's not alone. There is pairing.
VMs magic is sleight of hand, - it's trickery. There are two ways to evaluate the orientation of the blue stripes, based on heraldry. Check 'em out!
The heraldic connection, that this wandering, sort of meandering, serpentine, wobbly line around some stars, is a validly, historically named *nebuly* line is something that independently confirms this illustration as being a geocentric cosmos.
Heraldry is not separate from the iconographic language of that era; the vocabulary is the same in art and heraldry. The nebuly line is a wolkenband in the Berry Apocalypse. The cloud-based denotation and connotation of the nebuly line is clear. It does not work with the other terms or with other lines. The VMs artist knew this and used that information in the VMs cosmic representation and in Quire 13. The investigative use of less than adequate terminology is another matter.
The VMs is not about heraldry; there are other sources. That does not mean that the VMs does not contain heraldry, a semi of annulets, or an engrailed chief, or that it does not use information that was common to the science of heraldry at the time (C-14). Nor does it in any way limit or define the significance of whatever potential role that heraldry may have to play in the investigation of the VMs.
The investigation of the VMs cosmos itself, and the comparison with BNF Fr. 565 and Harley 334 examples reveals a lot about the VMs.
It is much easier, in my experience, to see the "known' rather than to discover the 'unknown'. If one knows the imperial wings, one sees the imperial wings, and if one knows armorial insignia, one can find armorial insignia. Not just in a generic sense, but a connection to the origins of an on-going (modified after C-14 dates) Catholic religious tradition - the cardinal's red galero. There is a single 'nymph' on VMs White Aries that has a red hat and blue stripes. And s/he's not alone. There is pairing.
VMs magic is sleight of hand, - it's trickery. There are two ways to evaluate the orientation of the blue stripes, based on heraldry. Check 'em out!