The Voynich Ninja

Hi, All:
Back from business travel.  Please see the mansions of the moon transliteration choices from the Picatrix (c. 1256).  I attempted to be as accurate as I could be, but errors in typing and interpretation of Pingtree may have crept in -- so I strongly suggest going to the reference below to create your own interpretation of Pingtree's work.  Please note it just takes making an account to have available 100 free accesses per month (but not downloads) in JSTOR. 

Transliteration List Choices taken from Pingtree, D., Between the Ghāya and Picatrix I: The Spanish Version, Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, Vol. 44 (1981), pp. 27-56. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

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*al-Naƫh is a variant version of the Arabic.
**al-Maysān is a variant version of the Arabic.
*** al-Taḥāyā is a variant version of the Arabic.

I am sticking this in its own thread to make it easy to find, as there are multiple cribs discussed in the general cribs thread.

I agree with Rene that it will take some true "out of the box" thinking to get the list from f69v to work with any of these lists.

(13-05-2023, 06:36 PM)MichelleL11 Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. Please note it just takes making an account to have available 100 free accesses per month (but not downloads) in JSTOR.

It should be noted that one can also log in to JSTOR with one's university access. Then a download is also possible. At least this works if the university is in the selection list.

Quote:Manāzil al-Qamar (Arab. منازل القمر lunar houses, lunar stations; singular: Manzil al-Qamar) is an astronomical system that divides the ecliptic into 28 asterisms, with the distance of each lunar house corresponding approximately to the distance the moon travels in the sky in 24 hours.

manzil al-qamar, Arabic name, Meaning, Identification:
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1. sheratan
or Alnath الشرطان - aš-šaraṭān
النطح - an-naṭḥ The two characters.
The horn β γ Ari
α Ari (Hamal / Elnath)
2. albotayn / botein البطين - al-buṭayn  The little belly ε δ ρ Ari
3. azoraya / thuraya الثريا - aṯ-ṯurayyā  The Pleiades M45 (Pleiades).
4. aldebaran الدبران - al-dabarān  The follower α Tau (Aldebaran).
5. alhachaa / Heka الهقعة - al-haqʿa  The mane braid λ φ1 φ2 Ori
6. alhanhaa / alhena الهنعة - al-hanʿa  The brand γ ξ Gem
7. aldirah الذراع - aḏ-ḏirāʿ  The forearm α β Gem (Castor & Pollux).
8. annathra النثرة - an-naṯra  The nasal breath γ δ ε Cnc (M44: Praesepe).
9. altarf الطرف - aṭ-ṭarf  The look κ Cnc, λ Leo
10. algieba الجبهة - al-ǧabha  The forehead ζ γ η α Leo (Regulus & Algieba).
11. azobra / subra الزبرة - az-zubra  The mane δ θ Leo
12. asarfa الصرفة - aṣ-ṣarfa  The tail β Leo (denebola).
13. alahue العواء - al-ʿawwāʾ  The howler β η γ δ ε Vir
14. azimech السماك - as-simāk -  α Vir (spica)
15. algafra الغفر - al-ġafr  The veil ι κ λ Vir
16. azobene الزبانان - az-zubānān  The two scissors α β Lib
17. aliclil الإكليل - al-iklīl  The crown β δ π Sco
18. alcalb القلب - al-qalb  The Heart α Sco (Antares)
19. axaula / shaula الشولة - aš-šawla  The sting λ υ Sco (shaula).
20. alnahayn
النعائم الواردة - an-naʿāʾim al-wārida
النعائم الصادرة - an-naʿāʾim aṣ-ṣādira  The arriving ostriches.
The departing ostriches δ ε η Sgr
σ φ τ ζ γ Sgr
21. albelda البلدة - al-balda  The place coal bag in Sagittarius.
22. sadalzabih / dabih سعد الذابح - saʿd aḏ-ḏābiḥ  The fortune of the warriors α β Cap.
23. sadebolah / albali سعد بلع - saʿd bulaʿ  The happiness of devouring μ ε Aqr
24. sadalsuud سعد السعود - saʿd as-suʿūd  The happiness of happiness β ξ Aqr
25. sadalachbia سعد الأخبية - saʿd al-aḫbīya  The happiness of tents γ π ζ η Aqr
26. alfarg Almacadam الفرع المقدم - al-farʿ al-muqaddam  The front bite α β Peg
27. alfarg Almuehar الفرع المؤجر - al-farʿ al-muʾaḫḫar  The rear bite γ Peg, α And
28. baten alhut بطن الحوت - baṭn al-ḥūt  The fish belly β And

Factors in favor:

The 28-fold structural division is almost enough by itself to affirm the 'Mansions of the Moon' interpretation.

Factors against:

The consecutive sequence of the four "Sa'd" stars from traditional listings does not occur in the VMs.

Since the list of the mansions is a list of unique names, the presence of repeated vords in the VMs version is problematic. The VMs uses one vord twice and a similar vord three times.

Each of the mansions also has a zodiac connection, according to Agrippa's Tropical Mansions.

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Two or three mansions to each zodiac sign, in sequence - if we knew where the VMs started. That's two or three vords, from the VMs mansion illustration, that have nothing to do[??] with the vords on the relevant VMs Zodiac page.

The four "Sa'd" words go to Capricorn (3) and Aquarius (1).

Illuminating the Lunar Mansions (manāzil al-qamar) in Šams al-maʿārif ( JSTOR )

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Associations of the twenty-eight lunar mansions:

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Incense for the twenty-eight lunar mansions:

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