What is unique and rare about VMs Sagittarius? What is rare is the human crossbowman. What is unique is the hat. The hat is an exaggeration. The hat is a chaperon. And the chaperon is white.
Having the right words, knowing the correct terminology is an important aspect of this investigation. And in Sagittarius, it is obvious. The only thing needed is to have the proper name for it. In other words: le chaperon blanc.
There are a number of references in Google Books, but the French ones are beyond me. The available parts of an article by Lia B. Ross in Urban Space in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age provide some interesting additional details, including the report that a white chaperon was worn by Jean, Duke of Berry (d. 1416).
VMs Sagittarius is another example of the extent of the grasp that the VMs artist has on events and things (books) that are relevant to Paris in the early 1400s. This is also another example of artistic sophistication / trickery through the combination of disparate images. In this case the hat is most unusual. The hat has its own dimension. In VMs Virgo it is the combination of standard Virgo with the Virgin Mary standing on a crescent moon. In the cosmos, the combination of Oresme and Shirakatsi. In the VMs mermaid, the combination of Lauber's generic mermaid with the Valois Melusine. In the VMs critter, the combination of the Golden Fleece with a specific version of an Agnus Dei illustration.
Why don't VMs representations more clearly correspond to historical images? Because they are combinations that are intended to be dissonant. They are made not to fit in standard categories because they include the secondary element intentionally inserted by the artist to create ambiguity and to disguise interpretations. The historical implications and interpretations of "le chaperon blanc" speak for themselves.
Having the right words, knowing the correct terminology is an important aspect of this investigation. And in Sagittarius, it is obvious. The only thing needed is to have the proper name for it. In other words: le chaperon blanc.
There are a number of references in Google Books, but the French ones are beyond me. The available parts of an article by Lia B. Ross in Urban Space in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age provide some interesting additional details, including the report that a white chaperon was worn by Jean, Duke of Berry (d. 1416).
VMs Sagittarius is another example of the extent of the grasp that the VMs artist has on events and things (books) that are relevant to Paris in the early 1400s. This is also another example of artistic sophistication / trickery through the combination of disparate images. In this case the hat is most unusual. The hat has its own dimension. In VMs Virgo it is the combination of standard Virgo with the Virgin Mary standing on a crescent moon. In the cosmos, the combination of Oresme and Shirakatsi. In the VMs mermaid, the combination of Lauber's generic mermaid with the Valois Melusine. In the VMs critter, the combination of the Golden Fleece with a specific version of an Agnus Dei illustration.
Why don't VMs representations more clearly correspond to historical images? Because they are combinations that are intended to be dissonant. They are made not to fit in standard categories because they include the secondary element intentionally inserted by the artist to create ambiguity and to disguise interpretations. The historical implications and interpretations of "le chaperon blanc" speak for themselves.
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