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Iconology of the Wayfarer Triptych – Detail
The Cathars did not believe that the material body would ever be resurrected. According to their doctrines, it was discarded forever at death and it dissolved into its original elements [Ivanov, 1976, 180ff]. Bosch illustrates this last idea by the half-submerged ship in the distance. This physical boat (the body) sinks back into the waters of the material world, much as Bosch’s ships of fools might, if they were abandoned by their passengers [Harris, 1995, 201 – 214; Allberry, 1938, 139, 147, 217, 218] (p.179)
| 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) | 
| Iconological interpretation | Relevance (Iconological) | Interpretations,Narratives | Third world (Culture) | 
“The barks that sail on high [Allberry, 1938, 139, v. 30]
Lo, the ships are moored for thee, the barks are in the habour. Take thy merchandise abroad and sail thy habitatons. [Allberry, 1938, 147, v. 34-37]
… are roots of Light (?) and … three ships sail, they voygage in the river of testing: one laden, one half-freighted, the thir empty, there being nothing on it. The ship which is full and laden goes(?) in it, being…; it does not fear (?)… voygages (?)… That which is half freighted… bank (?)… bank… [Allberry, 1938, 217, v. 24-30]
… which is empty, it arrived at the middle, it… that which is all laden, it arrive; that which is empty is left behind. Woe to it, the empty one, that comes empty to the place of the customs: it shall be asked, having nothing to give. Woe to it, for its has nothing abroad. [Allberry, 1938, 218, v. 1-5]”

