This 'theory' is based on the investigations of Ms. E. Velinska regarding the VMs cosmic illustration of an inverted 'T-O', geocentric Earth, in comparison with cosmic illustrations found in BNF Fr. 565 and Harley 334, over a decade ago. It has also been a number of years since she chose to delete her web page. Last I looked, Rene's site still referenced those expired links.
So rather than leading to nowhere, something should be said to those interested in promoting their new theories, in regard to the information derived from this comparison. All three sources show a very simplified cosmos with a similar structure. It's a long story but it reveals a lot about the VMs artist. The two historical sources have provenance located to Paris in the first half of the 1400s. This is coincident with the C-14 dates of the VMs parchment.
The structural similarities of the VMs show an ideological connection. There are 43 undulations. There is a 'mermaid' with four companions. Yet there is also a clear attempt at visual dissimilarity. There is a lot more to be considered relating to cosmic boundaries, Shirakatsi's "Eight phases of the Moon" and other things that would have been more familiar to the educated elite of the early 15th century than they are today.
So rather than leading to nowhere, something should be said to those interested in promoting their new theories, in regard to the information derived from this comparison. All three sources show a very simplified cosmos with a similar structure. It's a long story but it reveals a lot about the VMs artist. The two historical sources have provenance located to Paris in the first half of the 1400s. This is coincident with the C-14 dates of the VMs parchment.
The structural similarities of the VMs show an ideological connection. There are 43 undulations. There is a 'mermaid' with four companions. Yet there is also a clear attempt at visual dissimilarity. There is a lot more to be considered relating to cosmic boundaries, Shirakatsi's "Eight phases of the Moon" and other things that would have been more familiar to the educated elite of the early 15th century than they are today.