10-09-2016, 11:15 AM
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David,
I'm sorry you received no response. The red roses in the cheeks are certainly one of the characteristics of southern and Byzantine-influenced traditions in art.
I have also found details in southern manuscripts - including the Cervera Bible - which are remarkably like ones in Beinecke MS 408.
The possibility that the manuscript contains matter gained from Iberia or more generally the 'south' has often been raised, and argued. Marco Ponzi or Darren Worley did some very interesting work on the astronomical folios a while ago, again suggesting Spain and the time of Alfonzo 'il Sabio'.
Even in the month-names have been argued a form of Judeo-Spanish rather than Occitan.
Unfortunately, until someone decides to concentrate on gathering and evaluating the evidence for these un-examined leads, we'll never have a balanced view of what the manuscript contains.
I'm sorry you received no response. The red roses in the cheeks are certainly one of the characteristics of southern and Byzantine-influenced traditions in art.
I have also found details in southern manuscripts - including the Cervera Bible - which are remarkably like ones in Beinecke MS 408.
The possibility that the manuscript contains matter gained from Iberia or more generally the 'south' has often been raised, and argued. Marco Ponzi or Darren Worley did some very interesting work on the astronomical folios a while ago, again suggesting Spain and the time of Alfonzo 'il Sabio'.
Even in the month-names have been argued a form of Judeo-Spanish rather than Occitan.
Unfortunately, until someone decides to concentrate on gathering and evaluating the evidence for these un-examined leads, we'll never have a balanced view of what the manuscript contains.