Re: Castle Complexes (WAS: VMs: Hello to all...)

[KenW <ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dennis wrote:

>     In this case I wasn't thinking about the center rosette.
> It isn't as definitely a fortification.  The northeast
> castle complex, which Colin Robson did refer to,
> is of course more than the castle itself; it includes the
> walls around the northeast rosette.  The walls have a tower
> on the south side of the northeast rosette.
>
>     I don't recall
> anyone ever remarking on the northwest castle complex, which
> is between the north and northwest rosettes.  Note that it
> does have a cylindrical tower.
>
>     I hesitate to mention this, but 'fortification imagery' is
> sometimes seen in migraine aura.  Kennedy
> and Churchill thought that even the 'cannons' might be
> migraine imagery.  I do agree, though, that it is
> quite a stretch to say this is proof that the VMs author
> was a migraineur.
Looking at the Rosetta pages I have a theory to throw out into the 
digital lions den for what it's worth...
Using the sun images in far corners of the lower right and upper left as 
indications of east and west respectively, I oriented the top right 
rosette to the north.  The corners then seem to define locations or 
styles of structures in each of the four cardinal directions.  The top 
right (northern) contains the castle structures like those of Europe.  
The bottom right (eastern) rosette could be interpreted as a Persian or 
Indus style structure.  The center rosette would be Jerusalem.  This 
leaves the lower left (southern - Africa?) and upper left (eastern - 
England perhaps?) rosettes.

Any ideas?

Ken


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