f82v: those rainbows

[Linda]

I thought this one was interesting. Has similar horns to the "zodiac" bull, has a similar lion and ram, eating from bushes... nebuly lines...

Detail of a miniature from the 14th-century manuscript known as the “Egerton Genesis Picture Book”, picturing the Fifth day of Creation, with God creating animals, including a monkey, a deer, a bear, and a lion — You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. Egerton 1894 f. 1v Detail

Maybe the rainbows suggest worlds under god, or maybe smaller versions thereof, various cultures or empires perhaps and their respective deities, similar to how the nebulous rosettes may also be representative of cultural evolution of ideas across time and space.





maybe the colour differences reflect this idea of same but different?

hey could this one be a rainbow too?
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from my interpretation of the location this would be the Caucasus, one of the "pillars of the world" in greek mythology

how about this one:
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I have this one listed as representing Crete may refer to the Minoan culture oldest of Europe