Emma May Smith > 11-09-2017, 07:48 PM
bi3mw > 12-09-2017, 05:14 AM
(11-09-2017, 11:02 AM)MarcoP Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.In 2016, Darren Worley pointed out You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. the interesting engravings in the Lapidary section of the early printed Hortus Sanitatis (or “Ortus Sanitatis”).
The book includes a “rainbow-like” stone called Yris or Iris (in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. the engravings were painted in color)...
(11-09-2017, 04:20 PM)Helmut Winkler Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Isidor, Etymologiae 16,13,6; Plinius Hist. Nat. 37, 52, 136, iris, very likely a sixsided prismatic crystal,
MarcoP > 06-10-2017, 05:14 PM
Quote:“As a matter of fact, in this rainbow the colours of water and of fire are shown together, since it appears blue at one side and red at the other, because it is a witness of both judgements: one certainly to come, and the other past, that is, because the world will be burnt by the fire of judgement, and will not be destroyed by the water of the flood any longer. Iris, that is the rainbow, is said to be the symbol of God's two judgements: the first, the one through flood; the second, the one through fire...”
Quote:(The rainbow) is four-coloured, and takes its appearance from all the elements. It derives its fiery-red colour from the sky, purple from the waters, white from air, and draws its dark colour from earth.
MarcoP > 13-11-2017, 09:21 AM
DONJCH > 07-05-2018, 02:05 PM
(08-12-2016, 07:30 PM)Koen Gh. Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Handy link, JKP. Hmm, those early rainbows are really all over the place. I'm surprised that they apparently only saw particular colors in them, often blues, yellows and greens.
Some of them originate from clouds, but I haven't seen ones with those dangling lines like in the VM. You may be right that there's another typical synthesis or ambiguity going on here.
Davidsch > 08-05-2018, 12:16 PM
DONJCH > 08-05-2018, 01:12 PM
(08-05-2018, 12:16 PM)Davidsch Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Yes DonJch I agree that it is very improbable that this is an actual rainbow.
But, it is very common in the VMS, that the old transcriptions (with comments & observations) contain basic assumptions that are wrong.
What happens is that it has been proven to be very difficult for people to see a red color if you write down a blue color is actually red. ;-)
Koen G > 24-05-2018, 10:09 PM