04-06-2025, 07:27 PM
What we have here is an approximation of a probable process of construction. First, illustrations were drawn, then text was added and/or paint was applied; some parts were retraced or added, etc. The number of persons involved and the timing between the various events, lacking evidence, is open to various interpretations.
Why not look at what the VMs has to say? First, because the written text remains unintelligible despite the recent claims, which leaves us with the strange illustrations, an exotic garden of botany and imagination, and so on. While much remains unclear, a few illustrations have potentially given up some of their secrets and revealed the nature of the VMs artistry.
This is demonstrated in these two examples. The VMs cosmos is a visual oxymoron, two contrasting elements combined. Oresme's cosmic structure from BNF Fr. 565 (plus Harley 334 with a mermaid) inside the moon wheel of Shirakatsi. Second, the intentional duality regarding heraldic identifications on VMs White Aries. Structurally there are two different interpretations and lots of little details. Intentional duality is duplicity and duplicity is deception. The VMs is a puzzle hidden by a façade of trickery.
Why not look at what the VMs has to say? First, because the written text remains unintelligible despite the recent claims, which leaves us with the strange illustrations, an exotic garden of botany and imagination, and so on. While much remains unclear, a few illustrations have potentially given up some of their secrets and revealed the nature of the VMs artistry.
This is demonstrated in these two examples. The VMs cosmos is a visual oxymoron, two contrasting elements combined. Oresme's cosmic structure from BNF Fr. 565 (plus Harley 334 with a mermaid) inside the moon wheel of Shirakatsi. Second, the intentional duality regarding heraldic identifications on VMs White Aries. Structurally there are two different interpretations and lots of little details. Intentional duality is duplicity and duplicity is deception. The VMs is a puzzle hidden by a façade of trickery.