David: I'm not sure what you mean, the quality of the selection from the large foldout is really too bad. Do you mean these thing I marked in red here? They are simply a continuation of the lines that connect this roundel to the central one (green arrows).
Michelle: I think the hail is a good possibility. There are also illustrations from other manuscripts to support this. (I can look these up if necessary, but they are easily found in apocalypse MSS).
Like Cary says though, we are doing everything we can to avoid shoehorning everything into an "expected" frame. I have seen too many times how easily people go down that path. That is one of the reasons why I was curious to see if anyone had convincing arguments for an interpretation.
Now, regardless of the context, if the blue circles can be hail, then the thing in the middle may be some other weather phenomenon (radapox was already thinking along those lines). This looks like a weird way to draw thunder or lightning though...
Michelle: I think the hail is a good possibility. There are also illustrations from other manuscripts to support this. (I can look these up if necessary, but they are easily found in apocalypse MSS).
Like Cary says though, we are doing everything we can to avoid shoehorning everything into an "expected" frame. I have seen too many times how easily people go down that path. That is one of the reasons why I was curious to see if anyone had convincing arguments for an interpretation.
Now, regardless of the context, if the blue circles can be hail, then the thing in the middle may be some other weather phenomenon (radapox was already thinking along those lines). This looks like a weird way to draw thunder or lightning though...