22-02-2026, 12:08 AM
What's love got to do with it? The nebuly line is clearly a standard heraldic and artist element well before the VMs dates. If we accept the historical interpretation as potentially valid within the VMs, which there is some reason to believe, then in this example, where the 'critter' is ambiguous and the nebuly line is not, then the animal must match the line because it does not work the other way around.
Given the historical artistic use of nebuly lines as cloud bands and cosmic boundaries, the nature and identity of the 'critter' should be correspondent. The 'critter' is a "VMs" version of the Agnus Dei, and more specifically, tied by its particular three-part structural sequence [lamb-boundary-droplets] to the image in BNF Fr. 13096 f.18, once owned by the Dukes of Burgundy.
As far as the wings, that's an interesting comparison. There are similarities, but there are so many other things in that illustration that are not in the VMs. The heraldic term for a pair of wings is a 'vol'. If the VMs wings are to be given an allegorical interpretation, which allegory should it be?
The flowers of VMs You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. have been identified as costmary. In the "Mary's garden" naming tradition, costmary is the 'herb of the Virgin'. If the wings are those of Saint Michael, as psychopomp, then the allegorical interpretation of this image is a "disguised" representation of the Assumption of the Virgin.
Everyone is free to choose their preferred allegory. This one has the advantage of incorporating two different elements into a relevant 15th century interpretation.
Given the historical artistic use of nebuly lines as cloud bands and cosmic boundaries, the nature and identity of the 'critter' should be correspondent. The 'critter' is a "VMs" version of the Agnus Dei, and more specifically, tied by its particular three-part structural sequence [lamb-boundary-droplets] to the image in BNF Fr. 13096 f.18, once owned by the Dukes of Burgundy.
As far as the wings, that's an interesting comparison. There are similarities, but there are so many other things in that illustration that are not in the VMs. The heraldic term for a pair of wings is a 'vol'. If the VMs wings are to be given an allegorical interpretation, which allegory should it be?
The flowers of VMs You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. have been identified as costmary. In the "Mary's garden" naming tradition, costmary is the 'herb of the Virgin'. If the wings are those of Saint Michael, as psychopomp, then the allegorical interpretation of this image is a "disguised" representation of the Assumption of the Virgin.
Everyone is free to choose their preferred allegory. This one has the advantage of incorporating two different elements into a relevant 15th century interpretation.
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