27-10-2022, 06:46 PM
My theory about the script (which is an astronomical-astrological symbol system) is based on my iconographic reading of the book. If this were not correct, my theory would not make sense.
We don't know what the glyphs of the script are, but we all know what a plant, the moon or a star is and we see many of these images in the VM. My iconographic reading of the book is simple: those rare herbs with medicinal virtues that we see can grow somewhere on Earth because they are produced by the stars. The most difficult iconographic problem is of course the female figures in Quire 13. To me they are astral spirits, which is Panofsky's opinion.
We don't know what the glyphs of the script are, but we all know what a plant, the moon or a star is and we see many of these images in the VM. My iconographic reading of the book is simple: those rare herbs with medicinal virtues that we see can grow somewhere on Earth because they are produced by the stars. The most difficult iconographic problem is of course the female figures in Quire 13. To me they are astral spirits, which is Panofsky's opinion.