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Well, I just read Beauvais' definition and it has nothing to do with constellations. It's a description of a giraffe.

Beauvais was an encyclopedist, not an astronomer, and he did not associate his definition of a giraffe with any constellations.


Description of a giraffe by Vincent de Beauvais:


"Camelopardus est dictus ex quo, cum sit ut pardus albis maculis super aspersus; collo equo similis; pedibus bubalis; capite tamen camelo similaris est. Hunc Ethiopia gignit."

And comments about it:

Le reste de la description est copié mot a mot sur celle de Pline. [The rest of the description is copied word-for-word from Piny.]

Enfin, dans le chapire 97 du livre XIX, l'auteur de Speculum naturale donne du Camelopardalis une description plus exacte et plus étendue que les deux premieres. Il le nomme cette fois Orasius.

[Later... he calls the giraffe by the name "Orasius".]

No mention of constellations. You owe Koen an apology.

@Jkp

Villa d’Este was one of many ideas, and I’m keeping it on the table, but it post-dates the VMS by more than a century, and information on its predecessors is scanty. Also, I subsequently found a location that MIGHT explain the rosettes page better than Villa d’Este, a location that better fits the compass points. It doesn’t have extensive waterworks, but it did have piped water and nearby natural waters, and some of the other features on the rosettes. Unfortunately, I can’t spare time to describe it today. It will have to wait for another blog.
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But why did you post it so late after giving me so much grief about what I found on the House of Este?  I would not say 1466 is a century away from what the VMS is!

I like the site JKP maybe you are leaning towards D'este and the VMS!
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