# # Identification: # # * Title: ??? # * Page: f78r = MG (Rene) = p151 (Stolfi) # * Folio: f78 # * Panels: f78r # * Bifolio: bM4 = f78+f81 # * Quire: M (Rene) = XIII (Beinecke) # # Newbold plate V, Kraus XXIX, Kraus Autobiog p220 # Color reproduction in Frank Smythe's book [1]. # # Attributes: # # * Language: B (Currier) # * Hand: 2 (Currier) # * Subsets: B (Rene), bio (Stolfi) # * Subject: biological # * Colors: b,red,green (Reeds), red(openings),blue(flow,some_bubbles),green(pools) (Rene) # # Description: # # The page contains a block of text (unit µ{P}), apparently consisting # of two paragraphs with 24.5 and 15.9 lines. The second # paragraph begins with an EVA

with extra-wide "head", decorated # by four sets of three vertical pen strokes. # # An illustration takes up the top margin and the rightmost 1/4 of # the page, extending to the midline in some places. # # At the top corners of the panel, right against the edges, are two # objects that look like parasols. Each parasol is topped by a # short spike that ends with a ball, and consists of some # 20 "petals" with round tips. Nestled under each parasol is a # hemispherical "bunch of grapes" (which could be the tips of # many other "petals" like the ones that make up the parasol. # # From the bottom of each "bunch of grapes" there issues a stream of # liquid, represented by three or four parallel wiggly lines. The # streams pass through a succession of diconnected "pipes", each # being a hollow cylinder with thick wall, flat edge at the top, and # a ring or band around the bottom edge, decorated by three or four # longitudinal lines of dots. The stream issuing from the top left # "parasol" runs through four "pipes" as it runs across the top # margin. The stream from the right parasol goes through one "pipe". # # Then the two streams merge just before entering another "pipe" and # a "funnel". The latter is similar to a "pipe" except that it is # somewhat narower at the bottom, ends with a thick flange instead # of just a band, and the three dotted lines run transversely rather # than longitudinally. # # The merged stream pours into a roundish "pool", full of "water" # (some liquid) up to about a foot below the rim. The pool sides are # smooth and vertical. There is a narrow band around the edge of the # pool, decorated with alternating dots and groups of three # trasversal strokes. # # Inside the pool are seven naked women or "nymphs". Four are in the # distal (top) half of the pond, seemingly sitting on the water's # surface, one of them facing right, the other three facing left. # Three more nymphs are in the proximal (bottom) half, lying down on # the water, all with the head to the left. The water was painted # with a dark opaque green, apparently with a broad pen-like # instrument (as opposed to a brush), clearly after the outlines # were drawn (apparently with the same ink as the text). # # All nymphs have their legs partly hidden by the water, and have # lighter green brush strokes on their tighs. The top left nymph # wears a narrow headband; the two nymphs to her right wear wider # headbands, which could be hats or hairdos. # # A narrow stream of water runs off the proximal right end of the pool, # through a wavy channel, down the right mergin, and ends in a second # pool. This pool is like the first one, except that the border around # it is narrower and undecorated. # # Inside the second pool are eight "nymphs", standing knee-deep in # dark-colored water, facing to the left. Three are in the distal # half of the pond, five in the proximal half. The leftmost nymph # has her hand on what looks like a round shelf, attached to the # pond's wall, at water level; there may be objects on top of the # shelf. Some nymphs mahe be wearing bath caps, or cap-like # hairdos. # # Every nymph (in both ponds) has one hand on or near her hip or # buttock, and the other arm stretched forwards and down, pointing # or touching a neighboring nymph. Most if not all the nymphs have # red accent spots on their cheeks and (possibly) on their nipples. # Where visible, their hair is wavy and uncolored hair, sometimes # short, sometimes long. # # There are 6 or 7 labels (unit µ{X}) on several parts of the figure. # The two parasols are (left) and (right). # The "pipe" under the confluence of the two streams is # and the "funnel" is . The two ends of the # channel are labeled and , although # may be attached to the top pond. # # Rene [07 Apr 1999] observes that the vellum has normal thickness. # # Comments: # # # References: # # [1] Smythe, Frank. "A Script Full of Secrets" and "The Uncrackable # Code" in "Mysteries of Mind, Space & Time: The Unexplained", pp. # 3062-3069. H. S. Stuttman, Inc., Westport, Connecticut, USA. # Copyright 1992 by Orbis Publishing, Inc. [Originally published in # "The Unexplained" in the UK.] # # Last edited on DATE TIME by USER