-JKP- > 06-01-2017, 01:20 AM
Diane > 06-01-2017, 01:20 PM
Sam G > 06-01-2017, 02:28 PM
(05-01-2017, 04:18 PM)Oocephalus Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.(05-01-2017, 11:46 AM)Koen Gh. Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Might the "shell" just be a folded wing? That does leave the sea horse like head and the "fin" that connects the back and the tail.
I think so. I don't see any other way to interpret what's going on near the tail end of the animal. I've outlined what I see as the left wing (red) and the tip of the right one (blue).
Sam G > 06-01-2017, 02:32 PM
(06-01-2017, 01:20 PM)Diane Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.As to style.. this little dragon is one of the few mnemonic elements in the botanical section that I would certainly attribute to western medieval culture. It looks to me like Celtic style, and here's the example I cited - even though it has two heads. The source I used says it comes from Clonmacnoise - and its anomalous, western and probably Christian character is what first led me to write about the Irish who had travelled east to Egypt and beyond. They include Hugo the Illuminator who travelled with Symon Semeonis, and William the Irishman who travelled with Odoric of Pordenone.
But since I covered all this between 2008-2010, I daresay it's new old news to people here.
-JKP- > 06-01-2017, 07:24 PM
Oocephalus > 06-01-2017, 08:15 PM
Quote:I see what you're getting at, but do you think those lines you've highlighted in blue could be part of the same "wing" you've outlined in red, if the wing itself is folded or curled over somehow?
Diane > 07-01-2017, 03:24 PM
Quote:The strategic location of the monastery helped it become a major centre of religion, learning, craftsmanship, and trade by the 9th century and together with You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. it was the most famous in Ireland, visited by scholars from all over Europe. - wiki 'Clonmacnoise'
Koen G > 07-01-2017, 06:01 PM
davidjackson > 07-01-2017, 09:33 PM
Koen G > 07-01-2017, 09:42 PM