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Jorge_Stolfi > 09-11-2025, 07:16 AM

(08-11-2025, 09:58 PM)R. Sale Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.fillet-type of headband - perhaps a coronet or circlet of some kind. There are a number of such images in the codex
There are indeed a number of "scalloped diadems" or "showercaps" in the Zodiac and Bio pages, but (like the crown of f72v1) they are mostly (if not all) in the dark ink of the Boobs Retracer. In the original illustrations, the nymphs generally were bare-headed or wore "commoner" hats, rather than diadems or crowns.

All the best, --stolfi
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R. Sale > 3 hours ago

The *celestial faces* are the faces on the sun and moon (and perhaps VMs planets?), mainly in Quire 9, with a few in Q 10 and two stragglers [f85r2 & f86v4].

The matter involves VMs f67v1, which shows a solar face, a whole head actually, and it has a blue headband, thin and plain. So, where does that come from? From a perspective {pre-1500}, where does the depiction of a solar head/face occur *with* a plain headband? Examples from historical depictions have been quite few so far. Perhaps it is an indicator of another creative anachronism.

There is a second VMs example - no color - f68v1

Pairing is a trait with significance in other VMs artistry.
RE: Celestial faces

Jorge_Stolfi > 3 hours ago

(3 hours ago)R. Sale Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The matter involves VMs f67v1, which shows a solar face, a whole head actually, and it has a blue headband, thin and plain. There is a second VMs example - no color - f68v1

Beware that all color paint is very likely (for me, almost certainly) a very late addition, applied rather crudely without regard for the meaning of the figures. Like by a child.

All the best, --stolfi
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