Re: VMs: Paint Job

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dana,

At 23:38 13/01/2004 -0700, Dana wrote:
> Colors seem to be selected with a purpose in mind. Ladies in the 
> "experimental" baths appear to have been drawn with amputated feet,

Maybe our artist wasn't good at drawing feet (like Charlie Brown wasn't 
good at drawing hands). :-)

> suggesting that they were imersed in a liquid substance which was later 
> colored in as a green slime. These observations may give credence to the 
> original author/scribe as Krypto-artist.

AIUI, Quattrocento medicinal baths (especially for women) often had other 
stuff added to them, which would seem to be the overall message from f78r. 
Perhaps it's a "before" (upper bath, ill women laying down) and "after" 
(lower bath, well women standing up) publicity shot, demonstrating the 
healing power of such baths? :-)

Oh, and as far as colour goes, note that the pipework appears to be 
carrying a blue liquid down from the plant seed-heads into (and between?) 
the baths... curious. :-o

> BTW, the jelly-fish looking object at the bottom right of this image may 
> represent a drain from the bath, suggesting that the drawing may be 
> incomplete, missing the front wall side of the container?

Of course, on f78v & f81r (the two disconnected halves of a double-page 
picture) the baths have similar-functioning inlets/outlets on the side of 
the baths, so that seems quite consistent. (Jellyfish doesn't work for me). :-)

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling..... 


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