Six onion-roof towers supporting heavens

[Jorge_Stolfi]

I wouldn't be surprised if they'd drawn two doves of the Holy Spirit. The authors have demonstrated their sense of humor elsewhere.

But, again, any "fresh" observer who looked at that picture would say "two birds, one flying, one sitting in a nest".   No one would think of the "Holy Spirit" unless prompted "What hidden Christian references can you see on this image?"

And, even then, that observer would say "The doves maybe?  Indeed, Medieval artists, who for some reason generally struggled to depict invisible things , often depicted the Holy Spirit as a dove...  But Christian theology does not seem to allow for a Holy Nest where the Holy Spirit would be hatching Holy Spiritual Eggs..."

Not only them, but you too with that square trumpets thing.

That was not a joke. Look closely at the Beinecke image, full scale.  On the head of each "nail", you can clearly see a line leading from the far corner down into the head.  Those "nails" are not solid, they are hollow square trumpet-like thngs.

In the image you posted, what I see is a woman inside a tube.

Sorry, I did not mean "What do you think the artist tried to depict there".  I meant "Look at the drawing itself, without trying to interpret it as a 3D thing or person.  What do you see?"

All the best, --stolfi