Many investigations have gone into the VMs jungle and not all have come out. Previous attempts to match visual identifications with medieval herbal images and then compare the two written texts have not found positive results.
If the goal is to correctly interpret the text, then beyond statistical analysis, there is the need to interpret specific examples of VMs text. So, the question is, which ones? Particularly if the botanical investigations have not been successful so far. Which pages of text should be targeted?
Perhaps, if deception is involved in the VMs, the author is a step ahead here and has separated the hidden text into several segments - marked by variations of Stolfi's markers in the VMs zodiac sequence, it the cosmos and in the central rosette, etc.
In order to lend potential validity to these markers, VMs White Aries clearly shows the connection of these markers with the actual religious history of the Fieschi popes and the origins of the tradition of the cardinals' red galero.
There is a difference between 'proof' in a modern sense and in a sort of medieval determination. Modern proof is beyond a reasonable doubt. Medieval proof is if the ideological association works correctly, it is valid. Paired heraldic, azure, bendy patterns and red galeros are two elements that have a specific, verified existence in the religious history of the medieval church. The interpretation then turns on the investigator's knowledge of these specific historical details.
If the goal is to correctly interpret the text, then beyond statistical analysis, there is the need to interpret specific examples of VMs text. So, the question is, which ones? Particularly if the botanical investigations have not been successful so far. Which pages of text should be targeted?
Perhaps, if deception is involved in the VMs, the author is a step ahead here and has separated the hidden text into several segments - marked by variations of Stolfi's markers in the VMs zodiac sequence, it the cosmos and in the central rosette, etc.
In order to lend potential validity to these markers, VMs White Aries clearly shows the connection of these markers with the actual religious history of the Fieschi popes and the origins of the tradition of the cardinals' red galero.
There is a difference between 'proof' in a modern sense and in a sort of medieval determination. Modern proof is beyond a reasonable doubt. Medieval proof is if the ideological association works correctly, it is valid. Paired heraldic, azure, bendy patterns and red galeros are two elements that have a specific, verified existence in the religious history of the medieval church. The interpretation then turns on the investigator's knowledge of these specific historical details.