The thing (80v & 82r)

[Linda]

I'm of mind that the "things" are spindles and that they imply a length of time, of a journey, for instance. This falls in line with my hypothesis that quire 13 is about travels, but even if that is not so, I would still take the spindles to indicate something about time/fate/life, related to the three fates, in which the spindle and thread indicates a life span, the cutting of the thread indicating death. There is no cutting indicated in the manuscript so to me the usage could literally indicate other ways of life. The thread also seems to me to indicate further detail re length of time, the time it takes to create the thread, perhaps? The dots may indicate multiple time periods. When pointed at something, direction of the journey implied? When held behind, a journey from, instead of to? When empty, indicating a short journey, or that they are close, and therefore perhaps similar in their ways?

Re the nebuly lines, I take them to be indicative of mountains, with the blue as the runoff that comes from the skies/clouds/heavens (the nebuly lines) and down the mountains to create rivers and lakes.