02-12-2022, 02:15 AM
(01-12-2022, 06:03 PM)davidjackson wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.IIRC the symbol started to emerge from illustrations within French Romance poetry in the early 15th century
After seeing Aga's mural drawing I had the same thought, and I googled a bit. This is of course not at all conclusive, but I was surprised to find that it seems to go back to the 13th century, and the first use is assumed to be from the "Roman de la poire" (romance of the pear).
As regular readers here will remember, some oddly shaped objects in the Voynich MS have been compared to figs or pears, so quite possibly there is a connection here. Perhaps someone is interested in following this up in more detail.