The Genoese Gambit
R. Sale > 10 hours ago
Everything depends on interpretation. Useful interpretation depends on knowledge derived from relevant information, not from opinion. Relevant information comes from historical facts. In the VMs there are a few places where the artist makes use of historical facts.
One example is the use of historical heraldry on VMs White Aries (f71r). The structural duality based on radial versus non-radial interpretations of the orientation of the two blue-striped tub patterns is a clear indication that this is intentional duplicity.
Does the reader know the armorial insignia of the Roman Catholic pope who instituted the tradition of the cardinal's red galero?