R. Sale > 21-03-2022, 01:24 AM
The VMs is difficult to interpret for several reasons: indecipherable linguistics, mediocre artistry, obscure representations, and the investigative failure to follow the VMs rules. This results in the inability to separate valid and useful interpretations from those that not valid and extraneous.
If the growing number of subtle, religious references are accepted, it is also reasonable to consider that this religious content is part of a religious frame of reference. Therefore, if we wish to discover what is valid, we need to see what the VMs can show that is valid, and how that sort of demonstration takes place. And to see that it takes place in a way that cannot itself be invalidated.
Well, surprise! Such a system exists. It is basic. It is simple. And it is Biblical. It comes from the laws of Deuteronomy. It is the ancient law that validation requires two witnesses. [Deut. 17:6 and 19:15] It is a law that is repeated twice. In the VMs, it is the rule of pairing. Pairing is validation.
Validation of what, you may ask. First, in the Zodiac sequence medallions, pairing validates that pairing is an operative system in the VMs. That like objects make obvious pairs, but complimentary opposites are just as valid. And second that heraldic pairing can establish historical grounding. Paired heraldic insignia: paired bendy, argent et azur, paired papellony furs, paired red galeros (Catholic cardinals), paired white galeros (Premonstratensians)
Appearance may be deceptive, in some cases intentionally so, but pairing as an aspect of traditional structure provides a significant insight into the workings of the VMs. The recognition of pairings in certain VMs illustrations can demonstrate how the VMs artist has created the VMs disguise.
The VMs cosmos combines the "Parisian" cosmic structure of BNF Fr. 565 (Oresme) made c. 1410, and Harley 334 (De Metz) made c. 1430, and the plain nebuly line version of a cosmic boundary from the
Berry Apocalypse, with the 'wheel and curved spokes" image of Shirakatsi's
Eight Phases of the Moon diagram.
The so called VMs mermaid combines the generic "mermaid and other creatures' representation as found in Harley 334 (above) and in the illustrations of Diebold Lauber's version of the
Buch de Natur, with the Luxembourg version of the mythical Melusine.
The VMs critter of You are not allowed to view links.
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Apocalypse of S Jean (BNF Fr. 13096) created in 1313, but later a part of the Burgundian library.
A second representation of the Golden Fleece, as a companion of Melusine, then validates this identification as part of a pairing. Don't be fooled by appearance. The Valois ancestry from the Luxembourg version of mythical Melusine and the Burgundian Golden Fleece are one and the same. They are verified by the historical description of 'The Feast of the Pheasant', and further connections between the Duke of Berry (d. 1416) and the Lusignan version of Melusine are very well documented.
Don't be fooled by VMs trickery. Pairing indicates validity.