14-12-2016, 06:25 PM
Tongs or calipers, perhaps. But it does not have the flat, opposing blades necessary for sheep shears. Maybe it's a giant tweezers.
Interesting to note in Linda's post (#2) that the cosmic sphere in the first image is surrounded by a cloud band based on a nebuly line that is somewhat irregular in its execution. And in further detail, the line itself, in the execution of the nebuly pattern, undulates throughout its length. The undulation itself appears to be a wavy line, but can't quite rule out engrailed. Sometimes these two get combined. So this is an example of another artistic technique in the the way that nebuly patterned cloud bands are represented.
By way of comparison, the fifth image in Linda's post is a cosmos surrounded by a rainbow. It's interesting because it gives a depiction of how that artist saw things at that time, even though it differs from the Oresme representation in several ways. Certainly 'Cosmos' would be a good keyword for the VMs Ninja encyclopedia, although a lot of work has been done on the topic already.
Interesting to note in Linda's post (#2) that the cosmic sphere in the first image is surrounded by a cloud band based on a nebuly line that is somewhat irregular in its execution. And in further detail, the line itself, in the execution of the nebuly pattern, undulates throughout its length. The undulation itself appears to be a wavy line, but can't quite rule out engrailed. Sometimes these two get combined. So this is an example of another artistic technique in the the way that nebuly patterned cloud bands are represented.
By way of comparison, the fifth image in Linda's post is a cosmos surrounded by a rainbow. It's interesting because it gives a depiction of how that artist saw things at that time, even though it differs from the Oresme representation in several ways. Certainly 'Cosmos' would be a good keyword for the VMs Ninja encyclopedia, although a lot of work has been done on the topic already.