18-09-2026, 05:32 PM
Let’s talk about f77r.
In the context of anatomy, these four elements may refer to the humors:
Air - Sanquis
Water - Phlegma
Fire - Flavus
Earth? - Atra
They all stem from small tubes. The main tube is stretched between two people.
What could this mean?
1). If you take a closer look, the person on the right has a rather atypical hairstyle for nymphs, and they also don’t have breasts. This suggests that the image depicts a man. Then you get something like a separation of liquids between the male and female genders.
Then the tube otork might mean something like boundary.
Good idea! But I don’t know how suitable this is for the 15th century. And as far as I know, Sanquis doesn’t belong to the women’s section.
2). This entire structure somewhat resembles a scale. Then the essence of the image is the balance of humors in the body.
3). The formation of humors. The left nymph is sitting on top of a multitude of tubes extending to the side. The right person is sitting on a small barrel that is not connected to anything. It can be assumed that the author depicted the circulation of humors in the body. Logically, the barrel on the right is the liver (but there is no resemblance). The blue color of left tubes on the right may refer to blue veins.
Of course, the liver can be shown in the lower illustration, and then it turns out that all these fluids are then washed away somewhere from the liver through some yellow pipes and vessels... I’m sorry, I don’t know much about the humoral theory
Regarding the lower illustration, I still have no words. But I can note that the yellow pipes somehow resemble an armadillo on f80v. That's all.
In the context of anatomy, these four elements may refer to the humors:
Air - Sanquis
Water - Phlegma
Fire - Flavus
Earth? - Atra
They all stem from small tubes. The main tube is stretched between two people.
What could this mean?
1). If you take a closer look, the person on the right has a rather atypical hairstyle for nymphs, and they also don’t have breasts. This suggests that the image depicts a man. Then you get something like a separation of liquids between the male and female genders.
Then the tube otork might mean something like boundary.
Good idea! But I don’t know how suitable this is for the 15th century. And as far as I know, Sanquis doesn’t belong to the women’s section.
2). This entire structure somewhat resembles a scale. Then the essence of the image is the balance of humors in the body.
3). The formation of humors. The left nymph is sitting on top of a multitude of tubes extending to the side. The right person is sitting on a small barrel that is not connected to anything. It can be assumed that the author depicted the circulation of humors in the body. Logically, the barrel on the right is the liver (but there is no resemblance). The blue color of left tubes on the right may refer to blue veins.
Of course, the liver can be shown in the lower illustration, and then it turns out that all these fluids are then washed away somewhere from the liver through some yellow pipes and vessels... I’m sorry, I don’t know much about the humoral theory
Regarding the lower illustration, I still have no words. But I can note that the yellow pipes somehow resemble an armadillo on f80v. That's all.