10-10-2026, 03:47 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-10-2026, 04:16 PM by JustAnotherTheory.)
(10-10-2026, 01:31 PM)gerrydelasel wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Personally I find the idea that the objects drawn in the VM are merely containers is a bit naive. Why would the artist draw containers? What useful information would that convey to anyone reading a recipe? I think the things in the VM are more significant to the recipe, like percolating devices or ovens / kachelofens.
There is a school of thought that says they have no meaning in particular, because the VMS is a later forgery.
The fact that no experts can agree on what exactly those objects are, despite considerable knowledge of medieval imagery, reinforces this hypothesis.