Six onion-roof towers supporting heavens

[zachary.kaelan]

On the last page of 88v, in the bottom left, there is what is clearly something with a dome resembling that of the objects on the rosette, but the resemblance ends there, with a skinny bottom stem and flared base resembling a wine glass.

One thing I find interesting is that one of the domes is only half onion, a "helmet dome". In general it looks like the objects are meant to all look distinct for some reason. Also, the line work at the bottom of the helmet one looks like the object is sunken into the "ground" or sitting on clouds.

I completely fail to see any possible connection between containers of herbs and the cosmos, beyond smoking the right herbs to take a trip around it.

It is much more likely that he wanted to establish a connection that runs through the entire book.

There's evidence that at least one quire, #9, was originally bound within another manuscript, so I consider that highly unlikely.

The towers do not seem to be holding up the sky, but surround it "honorifically", like bell towers surround some churches and mosques, and extend a little bit above it.

My interpretation is that the artist specifically wanted to show that the objects are "taller than the stars".