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Iconology of the Wayfarer Triptych – Detail
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Boat with ten people onboard from Ship of Fools
It shows a monk and two nuns or beguines carousing with a group of peasants in a boat. The oddly constructed boat carries a tree in full leaf for a mast, while a broken ranch serves as a rudder. (p. 28)
Hieronymus Bosch c.1450-1516
Keywords
Category
Christianity and the Church,Social life, culture and activities
Interpretation Type
| InfoSensorium Facet(Sum, 2022) | |||
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| Layer of meaning(van Straten, 1994) | Conception of Information(Furner, 2004) | Level of knowledge(Nanetti, 2018) | View of reality(Popper, 1972, 1979; Gnoli, 2018) |
| Pre-iconographical description | Situations | Definitions | First world (Life, matter & form) |
Reference Source(s)
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Symbolic Content

