Happy to make the connection - and stir things up. The Swabian side of Lake Constance needs to be considered as well. It seems to be of particular note, that nablator's example has a style of hat that matches one of the other illustrations in your database, given the scarcity of hats over all. Also absent is armor. They are all hunters, not soldiers with crossbows - plenty of those in other sources.
Interesting to read previous discussions, first about the archer's stance - aiming or something else. And then about the working parts, an apparent VMs error.
Adding the 'sleeves' investigation to the 'Sagittarius' investigation helps to interpret the VMs illustration. Particularly so after Cod. Sang. 827 is added to the 'sleeves' discussion. It is a clear confirmation of a human Sagittarius with a crossbow and bagpipe sleeves. It also fits the VMs C-14 dates, though the general evidence is more prevalent after 1450.
What is unique and rare about VMs Sagittarius is..........! Have you guessed it? It's the hat.
Interesting to read previous discussions, first about the archer's stance - aiming or something else. And then about the working parts, an apparent VMs error.
Adding the 'sleeves' investigation to the 'Sagittarius' investigation helps to interpret the VMs illustration. Particularly so after Cod. Sang. 827 is added to the 'sleeves' discussion. It is a clear confirmation of a human Sagittarius with a crossbow and bagpipe sleeves. It also fits the VMs C-14 dates, though the general evidence is more prevalent after 1450.
What is unique and rare about VMs Sagittarius is..........! Have you guessed it? It's the hat.
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