It's the artist who has seen what s/he has represented. The written text was formulaic, but the illustrations do have variations in the depictions seem to vary even though they are intended to represent the same events or scenes.
That's the impression I got, looking through the four Lauber Bibles. There is a structural similarity but there are often visual differences based on appearance.
Hypothetically, the VMs artist has gone from casual variation and on to intentional diversity. The examples of the code shift for the Earth in the VMs cosmos and the duality of White Aries reveal that there is trickery afoot. The artist knew certain things and represented them, but in a way that intentionally disguised and obscured them at the same time.
It's an alternate form of representation. It's a disguise. It's duality. It's trickery. The VMs mermaid is Melusine of Luxembourg. Costmary and St Michael's winged roots are a combined visualized interpretation of the Assumption of Mary.
If all this and more is part of a valid interpretation of the VMs artist's time and place, then the VMs artist has been playing over our heads the whole while.
That's the impression I got, looking through the four Lauber Bibles. There is a structural similarity but there are often visual differences based on appearance.
Hypothetically, the VMs artist has gone from casual variation and on to intentional diversity. The examples of the code shift for the Earth in the VMs cosmos and the duality of White Aries reveal that there is trickery afoot. The artist knew certain things and represented them, but in a way that intentionally disguised and obscured them at the same time.
It's an alternate form of representation. It's a disguise. It's duality. It's trickery. The VMs mermaid is Melusine of Luxembourg. Costmary and St Michael's winged roots are a combined visualized interpretation of the Assumption of Mary.
If all this and more is part of a valid interpretation of the VMs artist's time and place, then the VMs artist has been playing over our heads the whole while.