30-11-2016, 10:17 PM
Yes, at this point that is one of the possibilities I'm pursuing: that the poses are mainly decorative. The nymphs might be just a "base", as you say, at least most of the time (sometimes they are a bit more than that) in these marginal drawings of Q13.
The extent to which marginal drawings might relate to the text or how they might relate to it... now that's a whole different story. I think in some cases they might be extrapolations of things mentioned in the text, rather than practical illustrations of the actual subject matter.
This is something we find in a lot of medieval manuscript illustrations, especially marginalia, in the 13th, 14th and until the mid 15th century.
But I'm getting OT as this doesn't really relate to the Thing. I'll get more into the issue of marginalia and poses on the blog or in a different thread as soon as possible, but surely not for a couple of days.
The extent to which marginal drawings might relate to the text or how they might relate to it... now that's a whole different story. I think in some cases they might be extrapolations of things mentioned in the text, rather than practical illustrations of the actual subject matter.
This is something we find in a lot of medieval manuscript illustrations, especially marginalia, in the 13th, 14th and until the mid 15th century.
But I'm getting OT as this doesn't really relate to the Thing. I'll get more into the issue of marginalia and poses on the blog or in a different thread as soon as possible, but surely not for a couple of days.
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