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Exact replica of VM iconography found in MS. Digby 46
- Exact replica of VM iconography found in MS. Digby 46
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Exact replica of VM iconography found in MS. Digby 46
Soulscribe > Today, 05:03 AM
Hi, this is my first new thread! I’m new here. I posted this as a comment in a thread I found from years ago, but was unsure if it’d been covered already? If so, I apologize. I wasn’t sure what to type in the “search”.
Originally, I was looking to see what people were saying about the cross in the nymphs hands and then came across someone in a thread (having to do with cross and Christianity) that posted an image from Ms. Digby 48 that had a pattern in it that I drew from the VM yesterday. I kept scrolling and saw some other people in the thread share other images with crosses on in hands and on tops of buildings (and crowns) but the manuscript images they shared ALSO had the icon/design from the VM as well. The icons from the VM that I drew were from the astrology section. I believed it to be the marker where one would begin if they were to read the circles or to line something up with it. I’ve put together some images I found in Ms. Digby 48 that have the same “cross” as the Voynich. The square cross icon is found many more times in the Digby and I don’t know if that’s a particular design from somewhere specific..? But the Digby scribe (or scribes? Not sure if there was more than one) loved the icon a lot. I’m also curious if the scribe from the VM who did drew the icon was the only one or if they all did it. I’d love to know what I don’t know and y’all tell me what you think.
Is this something that has already been studied? I’d like to know more about when this icon stared being used and by who.
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RE: Exact replica of VM iconography found in MS. Digby 46
Soulscribe > Today, 07:02 AM
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RE: Exact replica of VM iconography found in MS. Digby 46
R. Sale > 1 hour ago
A quick look through the illustrations shows a sort of historical progression of how various artists dealt with the representation of backgrounds.
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1) Plain, solid colors, occasionally gold foil
2) Patterns of various designs, sometimes diapering
3) Attempts at realism
Your first example is very clear in its simplicity.