05-06-2025, 08:59 PM
Interesting observations about the retracer, Jorge!
I had assumed it was the same person who drew the balneological nymphs because only in the retraced zodiac nymphs we see c-o shaped eyes.
It is really strange that he was so adamant on retracing the breasts. The question is - did he retrace or add them? There are some original nyphs with only one breast that is in the outline.
I can't comment specifically on the text but in my opinion everything was drawn by the same person. And seeing that the illustrations appear to show a similar continuum as the text (Page / Bifolio as a Fuction) I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that the entire VM is an organic whole produced by one person. With the probable exception of month names and page numbers.
Is there an assumption why the last zodiac pages are so faded? Was the ink weak from the beginning? Are these pages older or were they subjected to sunlight for long periods (on top)?
I had assumed it was the same person who drew the balneological nymphs because only in the retraced zodiac nymphs we see c-o shaped eyes.
It is really strange that he was so adamant on retracing the breasts. The question is - did he retrace or add them? There are some original nyphs with only one breast that is in the outline.
I can't comment specifically on the text but in my opinion everything was drawn by the same person. And seeing that the illustrations appear to show a similar continuum as the text (Page / Bifolio as a Fuction) I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that the entire VM is an organic whole produced by one person. With the probable exception of month names and page numbers.
Is there an assumption why the last zodiac pages are so faded? Was the ink weak from the beginning? Are these pages older or were they subjected to sunlight for long periods (on top)?