14-07-2026, 12:35 PM
I want to delve deeper into the interpretation of the Rosettes foldout to try to convince anyone who still has doubts that it is a representation of the medieval cosmos.
We need only look at the color used: almost exclusively blue. In the Middle Ages, the color blue was seen as a property of the sky. There was no scientific theory like the one we have today. That is why we see blue in the Rosettes, just as we do on other cosmological pages of the codex.
On some spheres, we also see a yellow-orange color where the author has placed stars—a choice consistent with the appearance of the sky at dawn and twilight.
We need only look at the color used: almost exclusively blue. In the Middle Ages, the color blue was seen as a property of the sky. There was no scientific theory like the one we have today. That is why we see blue in the Rosettes, just as we do on other cosmological pages of the codex.
On some spheres, we also see a yellow-orange color where the author has placed stars—a choice consistent with the appearance of the sky at dawn and twilight.