RE: Gallows and patterns in Ros
Koen G > 16-10-2018, 01:35 PM
It all depends. If the pattern has sone significance, then I'd say there's a good chance. However if it is merely decorative, then odds are it might return in a flourish without significance.
It might also be art-technical in the sense that it is used to show you how to see the different white bands.
Let's make it concrete, what could it be? Imagine that the striped bands represent some kind of material. These are not blank space, they are bands made of x. In that case my intuition tells me that the same technique returning in a doodle doesn't mean much.
If, however, the striped lines represent something more specific or unusual, then the return of the pattern may signify a connection.
There are two parallels I know for this kind of pattern. One, on ancient temples. Two, in some manuscripts it is used to draw ropes. So perhaps they are meant as symbolical ropes.
But even if ropes are meant, then a gallow can still be elongated and decorated like a rope for mere fancy.