RE: 9 Rosette line patterns
Searcher > 06-11-2019, 10:17 PM
The Rosettes page contains many different patterns. Maybe we should create a universal thread for discussion of all the Rosettes page patterns in complex, not separately for every single pattern?
It is not a secret that the interpretations of some of them are known, since they are quite common for manuscripts of that time. In the case of the patterns of different types of lines that you mentioned, it can be assumed that they are unique in design, at least before similar patterns with an explicit meaning or with a written explanation are found. What can be said for sure is that the differences in the pattern should indicate the differences in the depicted. It can be different liquids, properties or elements that either visually don't have big differences, or the author does not want to show these visual differences to prevent their identification. Of course, there is always the possibility that patterns play only a decorative role, but personally I doubt it.
I think the central rosette represents the mix of air, water, stone (earth) and light (fire), so I don't exclude that those four streams are the four flows of elements depicted with simplified patterns.