(08-01-2025, 03:32 PM)Bluetoes101 wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.A comparison could also be made to the figure on the same fold out, in the "moon section". It is on the righthand side, as with the "sun section".
Well spotted, I think it is quite similar and indeed may rely on the same image. The figure is looking at a yellow ball while pointing at something that is written.
This refines our expected source image: it's the doctor sitting at the desk with the book, but he is wearing a featureless scull cap (ala Karlsruhe) rather than a taller hat (ala LOC and the printed version).
It would be interesting to look some more into the types of hats or caps that were used to denote doctors or learned figures in general. I've been going over some medieval medicine imagery and it's remarkable how often the learned man can be recognized by his headgear (centuries before and after the VM). Quite often it is indeed red, but not always.