22-02-2022, 08:48 PM
The faces are an attempt at artistic humor, all those odd little creatures than inhabit the margins of some manuscripts, along with a strong tendency to give everything a persona, to put faces on the sun and moon, etc. Roger Bacon's depiction of happy little atoms? What's with the pointy hat?
In the VMs, does the first pattern have a meaning or a function? Does it constitute a clue to the VMs solution? By its orientation, open to the right, it is a match to Capricorn. And if we wish to consult the image of VMs Capricorn? OH! Gosh, somebody apparently took that page, long ago. Remember the excised pages. It's a clue to a page that no longer exists <apparently>. What use is that? The VMs is what's left, after the 'good' parts were removed. Is there enough left to effect a workable reconstruction? That remains to be seen.
In the VMs, does the first pattern have a meaning or a function? Does it constitute a clue to the VMs solution? By its orientation, open to the right, it is a match to Capricorn. And if we wish to consult the image of VMs Capricorn? OH! Gosh, somebody apparently took that page, long ago. Remember the excised pages. It's a clue to a page that no longer exists <apparently>. What use is that? The VMs is what's left, after the 'good' parts were removed. Is there enough left to effect a workable reconstruction? That remains to be seen.