The Rosette folio and Aristotle's Meteorologica

[juergenw]

I've read you paper quite rapidly and it was a nice read.

What's surprising is the swift confrontation with the 'spikes with the flags' represent fire.
Where is the basis for that? I would love to see some research on fire because the VMS rather lacks fire.

For your question on why/how I argue the 'fire' (Element') angle for the Rosette folio. Have a look at the attached comparison with a 15th century representation of the Heavens, seven planets and the four elements. Next to the textual basics, here the more visual comparison to Conrad von Megenberg's Book of Nature (there are two digitised version of that available, I used for the screenshot the Library of Congress version You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. .

Additionally, this screenshot and the source could give you another angle on your thread on the 'seven' you investigate with respect to the Rosette folio (your ' You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. of Aristotle and the seven Elements' thread) . The title for the Megenberg folio is (translated from the preceding folio from German): Of the heavens, the seven planets and the four elements
(Conrad von Megenberg's 'The book of nature' was first printed in Augsburg in 1475. The screenshot's edition  is a slightly later edition from Augsburg, printed in 1481).

NB: Needless to say that the seven bands represent the seven planets - you mentioned before in the other thread the '7' voynich vords with the 4th highlighted- possible indication for the sun's central position? I don't think the seven vords are representative of elements