08-07-2023, 01:22 PM
Just as we recognize the saints by the objects they hold (for example Saint Peter with the keys), the female figures can be identified by the objects that some of them carry. In previous posts I mentioned spindles and rings, both objects that allude to the fixed stars. Now I will do it with this strange element that one of the girls holds when she slides down.
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It is a pilgrim's staff, as we can verify with this illustration from around 1400 of pilgrims in Rome.
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In the Voynich the stars descend on a pilgrimage from the roof of the universe. They come down to Earth to give their virtues to medicinal plants. I think the allegory is clear.
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It is a pilgrim's staff, as we can verify with this illustration from around 1400 of pilgrims in Rome.
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In the Voynich the stars descend on a pilgrimage from the roof of the universe. They come down to Earth to give their virtues to medicinal plants. I think the allegory is clear.