14-04-2022, 11:21 PM
Plain interpretation is one thing. However, the VMs clouds its interpretation with ambiguity. Beyond artistic idiosyncrasies, and investigative ignorance there is intentional obfuscation in the VMs illustrations. There is a level of trickery unrecognized, but plainly visible in several VMs examples.
A primary example is the in the heart of the VMs cosmos. The comparative versions of similar, inverted T-O Earth diagrams (E. Velinska) show the greatest similarities. BNF Fr. 565 and Harley 334. The two images are pictorial. The VMs image is linguistic. This change is a code shift. It does not "ostensibly" alter the message, but it alters the methodology. It doesn't alter the meaning, but look at what it does to 'appearance.' It is a plain example of the artist's choice to impose a diversity of appearance, to create the greatest visual diversity possible. That way the sources are better hidden when comparison is only based on appearance.
More linguistic and visual trickery is found in the stars and the in use of a nebuly line as a cosmic boundary, etc. etc. And then the use of combined images - Oresme's cosmos inside Shirakatsi's wheel. Appearance is altered. What matters is structure.
Obviously, this is just full of interpretation. And it is validated by several other examples from VMs illustrations, such as Melusine et al. with various historical, religious or mythological connections. Melusine is another combined illustration.
And the confirmation of intentional obfuscation is the plain duplicity of VMs White Aries. The clear presence of two alternatives exists. One that goes nowhere and another that delves into ecclesiastical, and heraldic tradition.
It's not that an illustrated example of history or trickery can be absolutely proven in the VMs with just a single example, because the nature of the example could be unclear, ambiguous, or even obfuscated. The examples are proved by the historical interpretations of other illustrated VMs examples as a group. If the Golden Fleece is valid, the date is after 1430.
A primary example is the in the heart of the VMs cosmos. The comparative versions of similar, inverted T-O Earth diagrams (E. Velinska) show the greatest similarities. BNF Fr. 565 and Harley 334. The two images are pictorial. The VMs image is linguistic. This change is a code shift. It does not "ostensibly" alter the message, but it alters the methodology. It doesn't alter the meaning, but look at what it does to 'appearance.' It is a plain example of the artist's choice to impose a diversity of appearance, to create the greatest visual diversity possible. That way the sources are better hidden when comparison is only based on appearance.
More linguistic and visual trickery is found in the stars and the in use of a nebuly line as a cosmic boundary, etc. etc. And then the use of combined images - Oresme's cosmos inside Shirakatsi's wheel. Appearance is altered. What matters is structure.
Obviously, this is just full of interpretation. And it is validated by several other examples from VMs illustrations, such as Melusine et al. with various historical, religious or mythological connections. Melusine is another combined illustration.
And the confirmation of intentional obfuscation is the plain duplicity of VMs White Aries. The clear presence of two alternatives exists. One that goes nowhere and another that delves into ecclesiastical, and heraldic tradition.
It's not that an illustrated example of history or trickery can be absolutely proven in the VMs with just a single example, because the nature of the example could be unclear, ambiguous, or even obfuscated. The examples are proved by the historical interpretations of other illustrated VMs examples as a group. If the Golden Fleece is valid, the date is after 1430.