03-01-2026, 11:59 PM
(03-01-2026, 01:30 PM)Antonio García Jiménez wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I think that Bluetoes101's study of medieval pottery, which has confirmed that the objects in the central circle of the Rosettes are some kind of vessel ... Comparing these objects with the vessels from the so-called pharmaceutical section could lead to the same conclusion, but it is preferable that this detailed analysis confirms that they are not towers.
I don't think that this conclusion is confirmed at all. In summary:
- Only some of the pharma jars (the real ones, and the VMS Pharma drawings) resemble Russian onion-dome towers. To the same extent that the Zodiac stars resemble flowers, and the f68v3 diagram resembles a spiral Galaxy.
- Whereas all six objects in the central rosette resemble Russian onion-dome towers. And not vaguely, but as closely as one can expect from the Scribe. Including the right proportion between the girth of the dome and the width of the tower.
- It would be weird to conceive the center of the Universe (or whatever is depicted in the Rosette's page) as a circle of six medicine jars. Whereas a circle of six towers would be quite natural.
- Comparing to the other objects on that page, those six things would be maybe a hundred meters tall. Ridiculously huge for medicine jars; but normal, even banal, for towers at the Navel of the World...
The "problem" with this identification is that Medieval Russian-style onion domes apparently existed only in Russia and Ukraine.
Onion domes are seen also in Iran, Pakistan, and nearby places. Check the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. in Pakstan, for example. Compare the details of the topping spires with the VMS -- the inverted trumpet shape, the transfixed ball...
In fact, I have seen claims that the Medieval Russians borrowed the style from Persia. However, those NE Asian domes are smooth, not ribbed like You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. -- and the Rosettes' ones.
So I still think they are towers...
All the best, --stolfi