26-01-2016, 02:06 AM
VView,
There is a good deal more to be said. Do you want the long version, the short version, or to try being an investigator yourself, perhaps, before I spill the beans? There are several topics to consider, but the primary thing is to investigate the VMs illustrations according to the medieval science of heraldry. Heraldry had at least two centuries before the VMs parchment dates. Heraldry was probably less subject to change in the time of VMs construction than alchemy and astrology.
Looking at VMs Pisces, the patterns are the same, but the techniques are different. What is the nature of the VMs technique and what does that suggest? If the VMs examples really are hatching lines - as they appear to be, a large chronological hiccup starts to develop. And if the standard use of hatching lines, as a tincture designation system, is applied to the VMs certain problems start to occur.
It is a natural question to ask whether there are patterns in the VMs that might have a historical correspondence. How would you go about making that determination? Armorial insignia are a combination of pattern and tincture. What are the best examples that the VMs provides?
There is a good deal more to be said. Do you want the long version, the short version, or to try being an investigator yourself, perhaps, before I spill the beans? There are several topics to consider, but the primary thing is to investigate the VMs illustrations according to the medieval science of heraldry. Heraldry had at least two centuries before the VMs parchment dates. Heraldry was probably less subject to change in the time of VMs construction than alchemy and astrology.
Looking at VMs Pisces, the patterns are the same, but the techniques are different. What is the nature of the VMs technique and what does that suggest? If the VMs examples really are hatching lines - as they appear to be, a large chronological hiccup starts to develop. And if the standard use of hatching lines, as a tincture designation system, is applied to the VMs certain problems start to occur.
It is a natural question to ask whether there are patterns in the VMs that might have a historical correspondence. How would you go about making that determination? Armorial insignia are a combination of pattern and tincture. What are the best examples that the VMs provides?