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Re: Collection of 9 Worthies and other groups of famous men/women ... in work

...Mainly I wanted you to underscore Jupiter's strong association with saetta/sagitta, per our old Tower/lightning arguments. Interesting. I've sure argued about the meaning of the lightning-bolt before, but I can't remember our specific arguments to this point. My main contention that the tower wa...

Re: Collection of 9 Worthies and other groups of famous men/women ... in work

But most of this is immaterial - Sforza did not design trionfi, but was certainly aware of these programs that I understand as related series of art. Excellent, thanks for the concise and detailed presentation of the Trinci-Sforza links. I'm sold. Yes it's not important for Sforza per se to have se...

Re: Collection of 9 Worthies and other groups of famous men/women ... in work

The contemporary Trinci Palace in Foligno (Sforza certainly knew the Trinci) I have no clue about this. How do you know he knew this place? Not a challenge, I really don't know. I believe the Trinci relationship goes back to Muzio, and that the two families were sometimes warring (of the last, Corr...

Re: Collection of 9 Worthies and other groups of famous men/women ... in work

Mercury and Jupiter are barely identifiable here (Trinci), and not merely because of fresco damage but attributes and contemporary exempli clothing (take away Mercury's winged shoes and he's merely a messenger or orator; sagitta hardly connotes Jupiter for most people's impressions - just a warrior...

Re: Francesco Filelfo's 18 epigrams for the paintings of famous women and men in the Arengo palace in Milan

See what I added above - now leaning towards pseudo-Kufic. Also look at some of the other robe hems - signs of ps-Kufic: !!!!Dal Ponte detail - hem script.jpg Could be, but on Alexander? If it is Alexander, that is. But yes, any Exotic East© figure might bear these cryptic characters, and who could...

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