07-01-2023, 10:26 AM
I have read carefully the article by Koen Gheuens and Cary Rapaport on Voynich Canopies and tents as a recurring motif in the codex. It is the only contribution dedicated to imagery and in my opinion it is impossible to know what the Voynich is without first interpreting it iconographically.
I highly recommend reading this article because it is very suggestive. I share the authors' belief that the motif of the tents is a metaphor for the sky. They give several reasons why this symbolism occurred in the Middle Ages but they do not mention the one that is conclusive for me: that the stars form the last circle of the sky and that therefore they are the roof of the sky.
I think this article will help to understand what the female figures of Quire 13 are: obviously the stars that come down from the sky.
I highly recommend reading this article because it is very suggestive. I share the authors' belief that the motif of the tents is a metaphor for the sky. They give several reasons why this symbolism occurred in the Middle Ages but they do not mention the one that is conclusive for me: that the stars form the last circle of the sky and that therefore they are the roof of the sky.
I think this article will help to understand what the female figures of Quire 13 are: obviously the stars that come down from the sky.
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