Clearly, every red lobster in Cancer is not a reference to Cusanus, let alone any sort of autograph. But it is also just as clear that he did use the play on words (Krebs) in selecting his heraldic charge. And it is also known that he lived during the VMs C-14 dating period. So, there is more here than just coincidence. There is a great example of heraldic canting.
Did Nicholas of Cusa draw the VMs illustrations? No one seems to think so. Could the VMs Cancer medallion refer to him through the heraldic emblem? Unlikely, perhaps, but the 'all or none' argument removes the possibility of individual initiative by the VMs artist. VMs White Aries can be shown to have two heraldic examples: the red galeros and the blue-striped insignia. There are also two of Stolfi's markers on the same page. On VMs Cancer, there are two crayfish, even more uncommon. And one of them is red. There is also one of Stolfi's markers in VMs Cancer. These are the only three such markers in VMs Zodiac sequence.
Sometimes red herring are interesting. Perhaps a clever artist could even put them to use. And the VMs artist knows some tricks.
Did Nicholas of Cusa draw the VMs illustrations? No one seems to think so. Could the VMs Cancer medallion refer to him through the heraldic emblem? Unlikely, perhaps, but the 'all or none' argument removes the possibility of individual initiative by the VMs artist. VMs White Aries can be shown to have two heraldic examples: the red galeros and the blue-striped insignia. There are also two of Stolfi's markers on the same page. On VMs Cancer, there are two crayfish, even more uncommon. And one of them is red. There is also one of Stolfi's markers in VMs Cancer. These are the only three such markers in VMs Zodiac sequence.
Sometimes red herring are interesting. Perhaps a clever artist could even put them to use. And the VMs artist knows some tricks.