Re: VMs: f34 (was: Important)

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jon,

At 14:01 29/06/2004 +0100, Jon Grove wrote:
> Secondly (and this may just be a product of my sick mind), the roots on 
> f34v look like two ...errr... stallions? Some kind of animal anyway, 
> decidedly male, with intertwined 'parts' and their heads together, the 
> flower sprouting from their necks. Does this fit in with any kind of myth 
> or legend that anyone's aware of? I couldn't find anything on Google, but 
> wasn't quite sure what keywords to use!

Dana Scott and I have mentioned crypto-heraldry before, in particular f43v 
(Visconti snake) and f46v (Novara eagle), which are both on the same 
bifolio. Curiously, f46v also has a hole integral to its design - 
coincidence? I also think f90v1's roots represent Cicco Simonetta's coat of 
arms (whatever Rene thinks). :-)

As for f34... however sick your mind actually is :-o, you may have spotted 
another pair of crypto-heraldic pictures here, well done! :-) The roots on 
f34v is (from the "claws" on its rear foot) possibly a lion or tiger, while 
f34v seems (as you suggest) to represent two facing horses (or perhaps lions?)

If you want to search for this, I'd suggest looking at Italian Quattrocento 
heraldry with lions / tigers / horses, especially (I'd add) for families 
with known connections to Milan. :-)

Dana, do you still have a record of the heraldry sites we were searching 
for this kind of thing?

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


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