10-08-2022, 07:55 PM
As I continue to learn more about this historical era, I can only say that number of historical variations only increases.
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I figure I don't yet know the half of it. While historical possibilities increase, what about the VMs? Of course, we must assume its 'chronological' validity based on the C-14 test - as the primary option. Does the content correspond to the C-14 "definition"?
Why choose a Beguine rather than a Premonstratensian or a Colettine Poor Clare in Hesdin or Heidelberg?
There is not a lack of Christian symbolism in the VMs, if by that you mean an absence. There does appear to be a minimal amount, just a few crosses here and there. However, there seems to be a growing set of interpretations that indicate a religious connection in more subtle, "newly recognized" ways. The critter of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. can be interpreted as an Agnus Dei representation. The recent "rho- chi" discovery is obvious, artistic deception. References to Mariology, the Herb of the Virgin, with Saint Michael's wings. The Arches of the Virgin in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Wreath of the Virgin, an on-going tradition. The subtle combination of VMs Virgo and the Virgin standing on the crescent Moon. The double rainbow throne (unoccupied). The Fieschi popes and the cardinal's red galero, a historical tradition since modified somewhat. And there are the nymphs with a ring and a cross that correspond to the attributed items of Colette of Corbie who reformed the Poor Clares.
It's been a process of discovery, by various investigators. I would say that the examples of potential religious symbolism are starting to accumulate and to some extent they validate each other. Some variety of mysticism is surely a possibility.
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I figure I don't yet know the half of it. While historical possibilities increase, what about the VMs? Of course, we must assume its 'chronological' validity based on the C-14 test - as the primary option. Does the content correspond to the C-14 "definition"?
Why choose a Beguine rather than a Premonstratensian or a Colettine Poor Clare in Hesdin or Heidelberg?
There is not a lack of Christian symbolism in the VMs, if by that you mean an absence. There does appear to be a minimal amount, just a few crosses here and there. However, there seems to be a growing set of interpretations that indicate a religious connection in more subtle, "newly recognized" ways. The critter of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. can be interpreted as an Agnus Dei representation. The recent "rho- chi" discovery is obvious, artistic deception. References to Mariology, the Herb of the Virgin, with Saint Michael's wings. The Arches of the Virgin in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Wreath of the Virgin, an on-going tradition. The subtle combination of VMs Virgo and the Virgin standing on the crescent Moon. The double rainbow throne (unoccupied). The Fieschi popes and the cardinal's red galero, a historical tradition since modified somewhat. And there are the nymphs with a ring and a cross that correspond to the attributed items of Colette of Corbie who reformed the Poor Clares.
It's been a process of discovery, by various investigators. I would say that the examples of potential religious symbolism are starting to accumulate and to some extent they validate each other. Some variety of mysticism is surely a possibility.