03-10-2016, 09:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-10-2016, 09:05 AM by Diane.
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Koen,
You mean the manuscript formerly known as Sassoon 823 (or Sasson 823)?
Its significance comes from its position in the whole net of indications - historical and iconographic - that the "nymphs" folios came from somewhere in what was once the Greco-Bactrian region, via the Black Sea, through the Aegean to Ibera.
Otherwise it's just a picture in a manuscript. And while the bodily proportions, the bellies, flat feet etc. are very like the 'nymphs', their heads are drawn to western expectations: they are not over-large.
Still -
Here's the latest post where I mention it:
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and here's one of the many that included my favourite illustration from that manuscript.
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Koen - thanks for asking.
PS - the blog theme makes anything quoted into enormous font. Not my doing; I don't mean to scream at the reader.
You mean the manuscript formerly known as Sassoon 823 (or Sasson 823)?
Its significance comes from its position in the whole net of indications - historical and iconographic - that the "nymphs" folios came from somewhere in what was once the Greco-Bactrian region, via the Black Sea, through the Aegean to Ibera.
Otherwise it's just a picture in a manuscript. And while the bodily proportions, the bellies, flat feet etc. are very like the 'nymphs', their heads are drawn to western expectations: they are not over-large.
Still -
Here's the latest post where I mention it:
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and here's one of the many that included my favourite illustration from that manuscript.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Koen - thanks for asking.
PS - the blog theme makes anything quoted into enormous font. Not my doing; I don't mean to scream at the reader.