Alchemical Symbolism in the VMS

[Barbrey]

That's an interesting interpretation. Rereading, I see that you called the fleece markings "highly exaggerated" and I wondered about that. The markings are unusual. In the pangolin interpretation, the scales would be backwards.

Are the fleece markings exaggerated or not?
Here are sheep:

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And here are fleece images, mainly Gideon.

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There is a good deal of variation in the details of the way that a fleece was drawn. Apparently, that variation comes from artistic individuality. As to exaggeration, see the sheep of 1197, Spain. Also see 1417 France. It is contemporary with the VMs and made in Alsace.

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Are the Alsatian fleece markings highly exaggerated? Does that exaggeration convey any ulterior implications? That is why the interpretation of appearance is so problematic.

Thank you for your interest. Somehow these miniatures fail to convince. But I see I’ve failed to convince you, and that’s okay. As you say, you are a historian. I’ve been using cultural semiotics as my theoretical approach. We’ve been deployng different frameworks and methods, as well as context to our results.