VViews > 23-04-2016, 08:41 AM
MarcoP > 23-04-2016, 10:19 AM
Quote:D’Imperio says that F85R2 “seems likely to be related to the four seasons, the four ages of man, the four humors etc… Figures of this sort are very common in medieval astrological and medical manuscripts, and refer to the central doctrine of the ‘microcosm’ or ‘small world’ of the human being, thought to reflect or recapitulate in miniature the elements and relations of the larger universe of ‘macrocosm’”.
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I prefer the Four Seasons because the Sun at the center suggests to me a cosmological meaning, more than an allegory of human life.
VViews > 23-04-2016, 11:16 AM
Anton > 23-04-2016, 09:28 PM
VViews > 24-04-2016, 12:34 AM
VViews > 24-04-2016, 05:58 PM
MarcoP > 26-04-2016, 09:39 AM
(23-04-2016, 09:28 PM)Anton Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I think f85r2 should be considered jointly with f86v4, which appears to be of the same "story" - here we have Moon in the centre, and also four guys holding various objects.
Hence, I think it unlikely that the figures represent seasons or ages. Or, rather, the question should be: if the "sunny" figures represent seasons or ages, then what do the "moony" figures stand for?
davidjackson > 26-04-2016, 06:08 PM
bi3mw > 16-04-2017, 02:19 PM
(23-04-2016, 11:16 AM)VViews Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view......
I used the "4 ages of man" only because the page is designated in those terms on the ninja wiki, not because I think that's what it shows.
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-JKP- > 16-04-2017, 03:59 PM