(26-11-2024, 10:40 AM)Koen G wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.From the manuscript Scarecrow posted in the other thread:
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There are many different versions of the cloud band (wolkenband) or cosmic boundary beyond those based on the heraldic pattern of the nebuly line, examples of which have already been found in some VMs illustrations. Here <See Post #93> the cloud band is built up of scalloped lines. In heraldry they are either engrailed or invected, depending on their orientation. An engrailed cross has the points out.
Alternatives to the cloud band motif might be solar, based on indented and rayonny lines, or painted with radiating golden rays, or rising from a blue pool. And in some illustrations, the artist created combinations of these motifs.
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Appearance is widely varied. It is 'function' or identity that is consistent. Whatever the artistic rendering, it is always a cosmic boundary based on historical tradition and on its function in the illustration. The first illustration above is clearly a cosmic boundary combined of scalloped lines and rays. VMs has a very similar structure but was painted differently. The question is, what is the VMs cosmic boundary doing there, if that is what it is?