02-08-2025, 08:53 AM
I don't think this has been discussed before. The currently dominant hypothesis is that two months were split due to space constraints. Or that in some other way, the available amount of vellum on the foldouts influenced the way the series looks now.
That said, years ago I had an idea that overlaps with yours. I never wrote about it because it felt a bit uncertain, and then forgot about it. Anyway, the thought was something like this:
Periods in the liturgical year correspond to certain colors. Depending on the period, the priest, altar etc would be dressed in red, green... IIRC, you can get this to correspond to some degree with the way the nymphs look. There are also large periods of "ordinary time" when not much is going on, which can be made to correspond to plain nymphs.
Again, this works to some extent but also has issues. It's certainly worth further exploration.
That said, years ago I had an idea that overlaps with yours. I never wrote about it because it felt a bit uncertain, and then forgot about it. Anyway, the thought was something like this:
- Determine the order in which the nymphs have to be "read". For some reason, I thought it works the best when you start counting in the inner circle and then spiral outwards.
- Lay them all on an imaginary line.
- Overlay the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. on this line.
Periods in the liturgical year correspond to certain colors. Depending on the period, the priest, altar etc would be dressed in red, green... IIRC, you can get this to correspond to some degree with the way the nymphs look. There are also large periods of "ordinary time" when not much is going on, which can be made to correspond to plain nymphs.
Again, this works to some extent but also has issues. It's certainly worth further exploration.


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