15-05-2023, 04:35 PM
I believe that more than the mythological story what matters are both illustrations that are contemporary.
We have the miniature of Pizan's book:
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And we have this image of the Voynich:
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The coincidence of the arches is an iconographic feature that shows a water source. In the case of Pizan's book we know it because it is written in the work and the myth tells it that way. In the case of the VM, the interpretation is more difficult but it could allude to the origin of the water, which comes down from the sky through the pipes that we see.
What I think is safest is the interpretation of the female figures. In both cases they are allegories, either of the muses or of astral influences.
We have the miniature of Pizan's book:
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And we have this image of the Voynich:
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The coincidence of the arches is an iconographic feature that shows a water source. In the case of Pizan's book we know it because it is written in the work and the myth tells it that way. In the case of the VM, the interpretation is more difficult but it could allude to the origin of the water, which comes down from the sky through the pipes that we see.
What I think is safest is the interpretation of the female figures. In both cases they are allegories, either of the muses or of astral influences.

