01-11-2016, 11:44 PM
Diane: I think these elements make sense for what is coming out of the pipes, and the fact that there is a male and female figure seems to correspond well with this system. I also believe there is a preference for reading images right to left in the manuscript, so that's a plus too.
But I'm not sure if I understand the properties associated with each figure. So male=fire=dryness and female=lust=moisture? Or am I getting this all wrong? And why do you say "In folio 77r, the female is associated with the drying heat, and the male with fertile moisture"?
The man is blowing into the pipe, which could be seen as drying heat. And the woman has much more water coming out of her end, and she's standing on a watery base that looks like a river with irrigation channels branching out of it -> fertile water.
So I'd say that read from right to left the image quite matches the description?
But I'm not sure if I understand the properties associated with each figure. So male=fire=dryness and female=lust=moisture? Or am I getting this all wrong? And why do you say "In folio 77r, the female is associated with the drying heat, and the male with fertile moisture"?
The man is blowing into the pipe, which could be seen as drying heat. And the woman has much more water coming out of her end, and she's standing on a watery base that looks like a river with irrigation channels branching out of it -> fertile water.
So I'd say that read from right to left the image quite matches the description?