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23rd February 2015, 06:24 PM
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Welcome to the forum Mac
 Highly considerable point you got there. Although the wheel of fortune is usually depicted with (four) characters and Lady Fortune herself sipinning the crank, as you well mention, this might well be a stylized or simplified version. That small stand in the center would always led (me) other ways  . Last edited by fernando; 23rd February 2015 at 06:56 PM. |
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25th February 2015, 01:39 AM
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Thank you, Fernando!
Yes. The lack of people on the wheel does cast a bit of doubt on my interpretation. I have a facsimile of Theuerdank with some notes in English. I will see if there is any mention of the wheel in there. Mac |
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25th February 2015, 01:49 AM
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I found something online that supports the wheel of fortune interpretation.
Here is a snip from a description of the book in the British Royal Collections http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/co...719/theuerdank Quote:
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16th March 2015, 10:18 AM
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Though here is a punishment wheel in a very similar configuration to that shown on the tabards. This shows the execution of Jean Calas in 1762 .
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