In the discussion of potential translations, perhaps it should be said once again, that proof of a proper interpretation of the VMs text cannot be demonstrated by words alone. Certainly, vords are important, but vords are too short. A vord by itself does not demonstrate that the text makes sense - in whatever way sense can be made in some relevant interpretation.
Any random page of VMs text would do. But why not tune in to what the VMs has left to offer. There are certain markers in the circular texts. A particular pair of heraldic indicators are attached to marker on White Aries.
Finding a viable interpretation of VMs text is going to take the conversion of a given VMs text segment into a coherent statement of some sort. And better than a random text selection, there might be something present in the illustrations as an indicator. One that is paired. One that is both disguised and verified. One with enough historical significance to represent the start of an ecclesiastical tradition. Just a lil' ol' thing like that.
Heraldry helps to interpret the VMs illustrations. And those images reveal what the VMs artist knew. And there is another level of revelation when the techniques of VMs artistic presentation are investigated and the multiple examples of ambiguity and obfuscation are recognized.
The story of the VMs, though still not that well understood, ties in somehow with the era of the Golden Fleece and rise of the Colettine Poor Clares, which are tied together in the C-14 dates and the era of Philip the Good, Dike of Burgundy. The VMs illustrations tell a story that is complex, detailed and fairly coherent. Vords do very little in making sense of the text, they are too short.
Any random page of VMs text would do. But why not tune in to what the VMs has left to offer. There are certain markers in the circular texts. A particular pair of heraldic indicators are attached to marker on White Aries.
Finding a viable interpretation of VMs text is going to take the conversion of a given VMs text segment into a coherent statement of some sort. And better than a random text selection, there might be something present in the illustrations as an indicator. One that is paired. One that is both disguised and verified. One with enough historical significance to represent the start of an ecclesiastical tradition. Just a lil' ol' thing like that.
Heraldry helps to interpret the VMs illustrations. And those images reveal what the VMs artist knew. And there is another level of revelation when the techniques of VMs artistic presentation are investigated and the multiple examples of ambiguity and obfuscation are recognized.
The story of the VMs, though still not that well understood, ties in somehow with the era of the Golden Fleece and rise of the Colettine Poor Clares, which are tied together in the C-14 dates and the era of Philip the Good, Dike of Burgundy. The VMs illustrations tell a story that is complex, detailed and fairly coherent. Vords do very little in making sense of the text, they are too short.