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• RE: Origin of the Shield Shape in the Solar Folio of the f85-86 Foldout

  Dobri > 13-05-2025, 03:37 AM

  The four outward blue streams seem to represent the four winds although this particular asymmetric depiction is probably unrelated to the four cardinal directions.

• RE: Origin of the Shield Shape in the Solar Folio of the f85-86 Foldout

  Dobri > 13-05-2025, 04:25 PM

  (13-05-2025, 03:37 AM)Dobri Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The four outward blue streams seem to represent the four winds although this particular asymmetric depiction is probably unrelated to the four cardinal directions.

  
  The difficulty with the four-winds interpretation is that visualizing air (as one of the four elements), especially blue air, is not observed in medieval illustrations.
  
  In a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., but the depicted swirl of the Sun is not blue. 
  
  
  
  In contrast to a waterspout (rotating column of air, which is also not observed in medieval miniatures), the four outward blue streams in the solar folio exit the circular blue swirl around the Sun in a controlled fashion, like through pipes.
  
  What if this is a depiction of a fountain (The Fountain of Life?) with a distorted reflection of the Sun in the water?
  
  The specific circular frame with 10 (metal?) brackets (or clips) surrounding the blue water swirl needs further investigation.
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