I must have missed Nick's post on doctors (or not paid enough attention to it). Which one do you mean?
The doctor with his flask is indeed a standard pose. Or rather, I think it was once introduced and then copied many times over (and over and over). It might mean as much as "this is a doctor". It often goes together with the featureless cap, as seen in this 1410's image of Aesculapius from de Pizan:
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Again, note the cap. Headgear shows one's station. The VM artist went all out here to draw a colored, smooth cap despite their lack of colors on this page.
I've also noticed that in these depictions, from Pizan to printed works, the patients are often shown with some kind of basket in hand. Did they transport the sample in that? Is it something else?
Regarding the rosary, the three rings are weird. They aren't really linked either. Did someone ever explain this with actual examples? If it were one chain, I'd say Senium can have a similar one. But it's three kind of touching ones. I think they started from a rosary, but then either misinterpreted it or made it into something else. Like the gears of a clock or something. I don't know, it would be good to have an earlier source.
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Edit: I've been calling the caps featureless but upon closer inspection, they often have a very small "bump" in the middle. The VM cap has this in the paint but apparently not in the outline?
The doctor with his flask is indeed a standard pose. Or rather, I think it was once introduced and then copied many times over (and over and over). It might mean as much as "this is a doctor". It often goes together with the featureless cap, as seen in this 1410's image of Aesculapius from de Pizan:
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Again, note the cap. Headgear shows one's station. The VM artist went all out here to draw a colored, smooth cap despite their lack of colors on this page.
I've also noticed that in these depictions, from Pizan to printed works, the patients are often shown with some kind of basket in hand. Did they transport the sample in that? Is it something else?
Regarding the rosary, the three rings are weird. They aren't really linked either. Did someone ever explain this with actual examples? If it were one chain, I'd say Senium can have a similar one. But it's three kind of touching ones. I think they started from a rosary, but then either misinterpreted it or made it into something else. Like the gears of a clock or something. I don't know, it would be good to have an earlier source.
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Edit: I've been calling the caps featureless but upon closer inspection, they often have a very small "bump" in the middle. The VM cap has this in the paint but apparently not in the outline?