28-09-2015, 09:36 PM
Dear David
I quite like your version of f86v3. Yours overcomes an issue I was struggling with: The birds seem to be integral to the folio's imagery from the beginnings, whereas the nymphs (in your words) or what I assume to be Dante and Beatrice (paradiso, ascent, as described in my paper) are really marginal and not integral.
I still believe them (the additional figures) to be Dante and Beatrice, but added (possibly) later. Possibly the birds (falcon/hawk) inspired the late artist to add a Dante theme?
Best wishes
Juergen
I quite like your version of f86v3. Yours overcomes an issue I was struggling with: The birds seem to be integral to the folio's imagery from the beginnings, whereas the nymphs (in your words) or what I assume to be Dante and Beatrice (paradiso, ascent, as described in my paper) are really marginal and not integral.
I still believe them (the additional figures) to be Dante and Beatrice, but added (possibly) later. Possibly the birds (falcon/hawk) inspired the late artist to add a Dante theme?
Best wishes
Juergen