18-11-2024, 09:09 PM
I was thinking about the buildings on the Rosettes page. These buildings are some of the most important pointers to it being a map.
What is noteworthy is that if one looks very closely there are many of them and they are varied and distinctively drawn, so they aren't merely generic buildings.
So the first question is: Are the buildings drawings based on real buildings or are they just a product of someone's imagination? Or are they a mixture, partially based on someone's imagination?
If they are based on someones imagination then they are really quite imaginative as they are quite specific and distinctive in many cases.
If they are imaginative then why was it necessary to purchase such a large folio in order to draw lots of specific fantasy buildings?
Surely if they are merely fantasy buildings then they serve no practical purpose in the rosettes illustration? Why was it necessary to draw them in such specific detail?
If they are based on real buildings then does their relative position on the page relate to their relative position in real life? If no then why?
If the drawings are real buildings and their relative positions are based on their relative positions in real life then the rosettes folio must be some kind of map; full or partial map.
Are there any other documents of the time with distributed distinct buildings on it in the way that we see on the Rosettes folio that is not a map?
What is noteworthy is that if one looks very closely there are many of them and they are varied and distinctively drawn, so they aren't merely generic buildings.
So the first question is: Are the buildings drawings based on real buildings or are they just a product of someone's imagination? Or are they a mixture, partially based on someone's imagination?
If they are based on someones imagination then they are really quite imaginative as they are quite specific and distinctive in many cases.
If they are imaginative then why was it necessary to purchase such a large folio in order to draw lots of specific fantasy buildings?
Surely if they are merely fantasy buildings then they serve no practical purpose in the rosettes illustration? Why was it necessary to draw them in such specific detail?
If they are based on real buildings then does their relative position on the page relate to their relative position in real life? If no then why?
If the drawings are real buildings and their relative positions are based on their relative positions in real life then the rosettes folio must be some kind of map; full or partial map.
Are there any other documents of the time with distributed distinct buildings on it in the way that we see on the Rosettes folio that is not a map?
