THE PAIRING PARADIGM

[MarcoP]

It's interesting that there are at least two other manuscripts with "doubles" in the first five signs of the Zodiac:

Pierpont Morgan M.511 (Bologna, 1310 ca):
* Aquarius (two persons, each one with a jar, very uncommon)
* Pisces (the usual two fish)
* Aries (two rams, very uncommon)
* Taurus (two bulls, very uncommon)
* Gemini (two couples: four people, very uncommon)
- Cancer is a single crab

Pierpont Morgan M.700 (Du Bois Hours, England, 1325-1330):
* Aquarius (the duplication of the jars is uncommon, but less so than that in M.511)
* Pisces (the usual two fish)
* Aries (two goats: both the duplication and the goats, instead of a ram, are uncommon)
* Gemini (two people as usual, but Taurus should be here)
* Cancer (the duplication is uncommon)
- Leo is a single lion

The two cycles are discussed in  "Two Unusual Calendar Cycles of the Fourteenth Century", Olga Koseleff Gordon, 1963
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.