27-06-2023, 10:26 PM
It certainly looks like the same object in both illustrations, but, perhaps, there are a few other technical difficulties.
The historical illustration is BNF Arsenal 5061, Jean Thenaud, Traité de la cabale, 1519; made for Francis I. And the caption reads - The image of Dame Necessity and the Universe. [If I got it right.] Additionally, there are the three Fates, doing their thing.
The Fates are the Moirai.
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Note the images at the right: #1) dated 1530; and #6) dated 1520. There are the three Fates doing their thing. However, there is no Dame Necessity and there is no object comparable to the cosmic spindle. While these three references are contemporary among themselves, they are nearly a century late for the VMs C-14 dates.
The Fates always appear as a trio, but in the VMs the nymph is singular. Has Clotho gone off on her own? Who holds the cosmic spindle? Is it Dame Necessity?
The historical illustration is BNF Arsenal 5061, Jean Thenaud, Traité de la cabale, 1519; made for Francis I. And the caption reads - The image of Dame Necessity and the Universe. [If I got it right.] Additionally, there are the three Fates, doing their thing.
The Fates are the Moirai.
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Note the images at the right: #1) dated 1530; and #6) dated 1520. There are the three Fates doing their thing. However, there is no Dame Necessity and there is no object comparable to the cosmic spindle. While these three references are contemporary among themselves, they are nearly a century late for the VMs C-14 dates.
The Fates always appear as a trio, but in the VMs the nymph is singular. Has Clotho gone off on her own? Who holds the cosmic spindle? Is it Dame Necessity?