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[R. Sale]

If the apparently literary part is presumed to have meaning in the 15th century interpretation, as you say --- why not the illustrations, that they also make sense in the 15th century, but not in ours? A whole century has passed since the VMs discovery. Finally, a few things have been learned. The VMs cosmos is not Roger Bacon's telescopic view of the Andromeda Galaxy. The VMs mermaid is not a generic mermaid. A figure with historical, mythological and ancestral connections to certain Valois rulers of the C-14 era has been substituted in place of the generic mermaid seen elsewhere.

Who'd have guessed it? Certainly not someone as unfamiliar with the pagan mythology of western Europe in the Middle Ages as myself! I had never heard of Melusine. However, I found the evidence and the ninja discussion to provide the best interpretation currently available for the VMs "mermaid" illustration.

It does take some imagination to try to step back in history, to rediscover the details that have gotten "lost" over time. Things that can be clearly seen in the VMs illustrations, but without relevant context they transmit no meaning.
What was the armorial insignia of the pope who instituted the Roman Catholic tradition of the cardinal's red galero?
It was Pope Innocent IV (Sinibaldo Fieschi):   Heraldic Blazon: bendy, argent et azur.

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Ambiguity is a form of trickery. Of course, when nothing is known in the first place, then that's it.