11-09-2016, 06:17 AM
Tisquesusa,
That 'thought' about the samovar was presented by one of Rene Zandbergen's co-workers whom he invited to a Voyich conference - I think the person had a degree in optics, or lense-making or something of that sort. He also reprised an old idea of the 'bathing ladies' as in an eastern sort of baths.
The difficulty with sudden 'notions' like that is (a) they do not first address existing treatments of the imagery, or explain why they think a different 'notion' is needed at all and (b) they have no historical or other context offered.
For example, you would have to discuss the times and places where samovars were used, and then show why those time, regions or cultures should be considered in relation to any other image, or part of the manuscript. Was the person trying to argue that the plants in the botanical section all come from samovar-using regions, or that the calendar's roundels are in a distinctively Russian style of drawing? How does the samovar notion fit in with the red letters on the first folio, or the handwriting style...?
All that is said, really, is that the person looking at the images has consulted whatever he holds already in his memory, that this is the closest thing that comes to the surface. So what we hear is about the viewer - and not so much about the intentions of the persons who first made the imagery. That said, I really can see why that notion might have surfaced.
That 'thought' about the samovar was presented by one of Rene Zandbergen's co-workers whom he invited to a Voyich conference - I think the person had a degree in optics, or lense-making or something of that sort. He also reprised an old idea of the 'bathing ladies' as in an eastern sort of baths.
The difficulty with sudden 'notions' like that is (a) they do not first address existing treatments of the imagery, or explain why they think a different 'notion' is needed at all and (b) they have no historical or other context offered.
For example, you would have to discuss the times and places where samovars were used, and then show why those time, regions or cultures should be considered in relation to any other image, or part of the manuscript. Was the person trying to argue that the plants in the botanical section all come from samovar-using regions, or that the calendar's roundels are in a distinctively Russian style of drawing? How does the samovar notion fit in with the red letters on the first folio, or the handwriting style...?
All that is said, really, is that the person looking at the images has consulted whatever he holds already in his memory, that this is the closest thing that comes to the surface. So what we hear is about the viewer - and not so much about the intentions of the persons who first made the imagery. That said, I really can see why that notion might have surfaced.