Quote: I could say "those things don't look like eyes, ears... or any representation of the senses at all", and that would be it. But let's try.
I don't believe you could say, the eye and the mouth, were not a graphical representation of, an "eye" and a "mouth." What kind of eye or mouth is irrelevant, and so is, what they mean. They
are a representation of an eye and a mouth.
I also completely disagree with your interpretation of the medieval mind. Having read the output of the human mind from ancient times to today (including medieval times) I found no lack of complexity and depth of understanding at any time. They understood many and varied things from their time to antiquity. Of course, I am referring to the men who would've been exposed to this manuscript.
I don't need to know the mind of "medieval man", I just need to understand the mind of its intended audience.
You also did not present any evidence to the contrary, you merely presented the fact that other people could interpret it differently. That is not a rebuttal.
If you can produce a logical path of reasoning to an interpretation that disputes mine, using as much logic and reason as I presented in mine, and doesn't incorporate any of the aspects of my interpretation... I would truly want to hear it.
I had not been paying attention to the imagery (it isn't relevant to my focus right now. Although, obviously, it was the thing that formed the bases of my theory.) I just happened to look at the foldout, and saw the symbols that look like the Stargate, and their symbol for earth. Then, I was looking at it, while posting my response in that thread, and proceeded to communicate my initial interpretation of the four corners, and posted it. After sending, I realized I most likely just sent "new" information, and then created my blog post to expand a little.
My interpretation of these aspects of the graphics spoken of, were seen through the lens of my broader theory, and were predicted and expected.
I presented all the detail that I did in my introduction post, NOT to be some boastful lunatic looking for attention, but because I assumed ten or more people would present theories with similar claims that I could then investigate for further evidence, validation, and/or rejection of my theory. (I now realize that was a huge mistake, and nobody could help but think I was an ego driven crackpot.)
I am new to this community, and just finding my footing. (I clearly don't even know how to quote Koen properly in this message.) I mean no disrespect, and hope I have not come across as being disrespectful about any aspect of the community, or the study of the MS.