Davidsch > 09-10-2016, 02:53 PM
-JKP- > 09-10-2016, 06:54 PM
(09-10-2016, 02:53 PM)Davidsch Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Based on this messageIt's not surprising that images of branches (such as those in the examples above) were drawn with a "curl". When you pull a branch off a tree,, especially a young branch, the bark peels off in a strip as the branch is pulled, and then curls when it is nipped from the main branch, so the convention of drawing a branch with a curled end is probably inspired by life and might even be a way of saying, symbolically, "this is a branch, not a full plant".
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I noticed that a lot of images of herbals have a distinctive curl.
such as
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That reminded me of the image You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
It's not quite the same, because the curl is there inside the stem, but perhaps there are other better examples.
Koen G > 09-10-2016, 07:04 PM
-JKP- > 09-10-2016, 07:06 PM
(09-10-2016, 07:04 PM)Koen Gh. Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Interesting, David. The curl seems to mean something, because some plants are given it and others aren't. I first thought it meant that is was a twig cut from a tree, but the image above shows what looks like a twig with and another without the curl....
Koen G > 09-10-2016, 07:11 PM
-JKP- > 09-10-2016, 07:15 PM
(09-10-2016, 07:11 PM)Koen Gh. Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.JKP - sorry for my repetitive post, I hadn't seen your edit yet when I posted
You may be right about the flourish comparison, they do come in all kinds of styles. Maybe it is meant to convey something about the type of bark or its bevavior? Some barks will break off right away will others will form long curly strips.