Are the 1430s the most likely date range for the Zodiac drawings?

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Go for it. And first off, as you say, we have the collection of available, relevant evidence.

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Although this site is focused on armor pre-1450, it includes a lot more. Customized search, lots of tags already in place (tent, clothes, sleeves, wolkenband), the 'Manuscript' search box opens up a list of medieval text sources.

Mark has a lot to say. Let him say it. And it is a real bummer to have a long posting 'disappear'. If it turns out he has unfounded assumptions, he wouldn't be the first.

Improving the understanding of art history is always a worthy endeavor. My problem is trusting the "validity" of what the VMs artist has depicted. The VMs artist is a trickster. The VMs cosmos is one example. The trick is to create an 'improbable' pairing: "Oresme" and "Shirakatsi" in the VMs cosmos. The generic mermaid and Melusine. The Agnus Dei and the Golden Fleece. There are other tricks in the VMs Zodiac sequence.

Without knowing the nature of the parts, their interpretation will be flawed, but as more information accumulates, the understanding should improve. Discussion should help to facilitate that.