09-01-2026, 08:04 PM
A nebuly line is a line pattern, like a sine wave, but the crests and troughs are bulbous.
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The individual bulbs can be plain or elaborate. The plain version is used in heraldry. Variations are found in the depiction of religious images and in cosmic diagrams [BNF Fr. 565]. As such, they are representations of cloud bands and cosmic boundaries [wolkenbands].
There is a plain nebuly line in the VMs cosmos. There is a profusion of nebuly line imagery in Quire 13. There are elaborated nebuly lines in the Rosettes and there are hidden versions of elaborated nebuly lines pretending to be leaf margins in the botanical pages.
Have you found examples of nebuly lines used in Arabic or Persian sources pre 1450?
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The individual bulbs can be plain or elaborate. The plain version is used in heraldry. Variations are found in the depiction of religious images and in cosmic diagrams [BNF Fr. 565]. As such, they are representations of cloud bands and cosmic boundaries [wolkenbands].
There is a plain nebuly line in the VMs cosmos. There is a profusion of nebuly line imagery in Quire 13. There are elaborated nebuly lines in the Rosettes and there are hidden versions of elaborated nebuly lines pretending to be leaf margins in the botanical pages.
Have you found examples of nebuly lines used in Arabic or Persian sources pre 1450?