22-04-2024, 04:59 PM
A recent theory relates the nude female figures of Quire 13, as well as the Rosettes, to sexuality, conception, motherhood, etc. It is nothing new, it is the same error that we have seen before: the iconographic confusion of believing that what we see are real women or their representation. It is an error so repeated that it is surprising that it continues to be maintained and shows that what is really needed in the Voynich studio are art history professionals.
Personification is a widely used medieval iconographic resource, especially with abstract names such as virtues. The best-known example in the Allegory of Good Government, a mural from the city of Siena.
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The female figures that surround the Governor of the city are not real women, but rather the representation of virtues such as Justice, Temperance, Prudence, etc. It seems like something easy to understand, but I don't know why it is not understood this way with the VM.
Personification is a widely used medieval iconographic resource, especially with abstract names such as virtues. The best-known example in the Allegory of Good Government, a mural from the city of Siena.
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The female figures that surround the Governor of the city are not real women, but rather the representation of virtues such as Justice, Temperance, Prudence, etc. It seems like something easy to understand, but I don't know why it is not understood this way with the VM.