Re: VMs: Hello to all...

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

--- Nick Pelling <nickpelling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I know it's a bit of a subtle point to get across,
> but I'm not actually 
> arguing that it strongly resembles St Mark's: but
> rather, that the 
> *structure of the view depicted in the central
> rosette* resembles the 
> *structure of the view looking down on St Mark's
> Basilica from the top of 
> the Campanile*.
> 
> By the same token, it couldn't be Hagia Sophia
> because (AFAIK) there isn't 
> / wasn't a vantage point over it where that visual
> structure could be 
> captured (unless Leonardo took a flying machine with
> him to Istanbul to 
> help him design a bridge <g> ).

Just a minor nitpick: one doesn't need to fly over a
particular landmark in order to be able to draw 
what it would look like from above.
Maps were already very accurate before the first
satellite pictures were available.

In any case, I like the idea of comparing the
rosettes page with a S.Marco/H.Sophia type building
very much. 
I wonder if anyone is aware of the existence of 
a mosque or similar building with nine circular
areas as on the rosettes page, where each
room/area is dedicated to a particular science.

This could be in terms of illustrations/inscriptions,
or in terms of 'dedication'. I have had this nagging
feeling (like deja-vu) for a long time now and cannot
pin it down.

Cheers, Rene


		
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