Linda > 27-12-2020, 03:26 AM
bi3mw > 28-12-2020, 06:45 PM
Searcher > 28-12-2020, 09:11 PM
(28-12-2020, 06:45 PM)bi3mw Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I noticed something while reviewing Q13 that I hadn't seen before. It seems so trivial that you don't even notice it: Not all nymphs are standing in a tube or basin, a few are standing on it. It doesn't matter if they have liquid under their feet or not ( You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (2x), You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (4x), You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (1x) ).
I believe that it is important how the nymphs stand although I have no idea what it is all about.
Linda > 28-12-2020, 10:02 PM
bi3mw > 28-12-2020, 10:48 PM
Searcher > 28-12-2020, 11:37 PM
(28-12-2020, 10:48 PM)bi3mw Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I also noticed that four of the nymphs in Q13 are wearing a red "headband".Of course. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
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Edit: here are three more blue ones. I wouldn't be surprised if there were also green ones.
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bi3mw > 29-12-2020, 01:44 PM
Searcher > 29-12-2020, 11:59 PM
(29-12-2020, 01:44 PM)bi3mw Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.This finding could lead to the assumption that the nymphs themselves are partly the embodiment of "substances". The "headband" could be a kind of marker in which state the individual nymph is currently.The matter is that it depends on that how many color must be considered: three or four, i. e., green, blue and red or these three plus yellow. It is unclear, but it seems that some nymphs have yellow ribbons or veils. Possibly it is somehow connected with four colors of the four animals on f79v. If it turns so that the animals represent the four elements, then four colors of the headresses of the nymphs can indicate the same.
For example, the red "headband" could stand for heating, not only a state but a process.
bi3mw > 30-12-2020, 05:41 PM
Searcher > 30-12-2020, 08:38 PM
(30-12-2020, 05:41 PM)bi3mw Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.It is of course also a possibility to see the colors as elements. I tend rather to regard green and blue as liquid substances and yellow as solid substance ( You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. ). But red would be fire/heating in any case. So there would be four components instead of four elements. I base my assumption on the observation that green and blue are indeed both liquids.
Quote:As for the great work, as far as I know, in the late Middle Ages there was a reduction from four to three levels ( the yellowing was dropped ). The division into seven or even twelve levels is of course also possible but does not have to be. I have found in my recent research even a very "simple" recipe from the late Middle Ages that is translated from Greek to German just eight (!) Lines of text long. All that is used is mercury, sulfur, "clay of art" ( ? ) and some pure gold (1:10). So gold making was sometimes very quick and easy
Quote:I'm not saying that in Q13 necessarily the great work is shown. There are also some other options, for example "aqua ignea rectivicata" or "aqua vitae". One was usually content with the four times distillation for ordinary remedies.