Thank you JKP,
your observations are very interesting. Some might be the result of the limited competence of the illustrators, but others are really difficult to explain.
For this specific passage, I see that the Arabic version seems different (p.70 You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.).
A black man with red hair and a grim look, wearing a wooden bracelet and holding a hanger with red garments hanging on it.
The Latin to English translation I posted above is ambiguous. Actually, in the Latin it is clear that it is the man to be "wrapped in red cloth."
On the other hand, in the Arabic it is the staff (here called a "hanger") that has "red garments hanging on it". But in the Arabic, no sword is mentioned (instead, there's a bracelet, which might be related with the circular object in the Schifanoia fresco). Even more confusing, I guess.
While this chapter (Book II.2) only lists the first three decans (those of Aries), chapter Book II.11 describes all the decans. Chapter 11 is the one illustrated by the better quality images. They are arranged in columns like this:
1a 3a
2a 1b
(In the attached image, the woman with the child is the first decan of Taurus).
We have four textual versions of the three decans (Latin ch.2, Latin ch.11, Arabic ch.2, Arabic ch.11).
In Latin ch.11, the third decan has the ring (armillam) and the sword.
In Arabic ch.11 (p.145 of the English translation) it's basically the same (bracelet and sword).
In Krakow Picatrix f.193, the ch.11 third Aries decan holds a single weird object, that includes a ring. But no sword.
your observations are very interesting. Some might be the result of the limited competence of the illustrators, but others are really difficult to explain.
(07-07-2017, 09:27 AM)-JKP- wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
- In the third face of Aries ... He is supposed to have a sword in his right hand and a staff in his left. That's obviously not a staff on the left, it looks more like a lumpy sack full of something. He is said to be clad in red garments.
For this specific passage, I see that the Arabic version seems different (p.70 You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.).
A black man with red hair and a grim look, wearing a wooden bracelet and holding a hanger with red garments hanging on it.
The Latin to English translation I posted above is ambiguous. Actually, in the Latin it is clear that it is the man to be "wrapped in red cloth."
On the other hand, in the Arabic it is the staff (here called a "hanger") that has "red garments hanging on it". But in the Arabic, no sword is mentioned (instead, there's a bracelet, which might be related with the circular object in the Schifanoia fresco). Even more confusing, I guess.
While this chapter (Book II.2) only lists the first three decans (those of Aries), chapter Book II.11 describes all the decans. Chapter 11 is the one illustrated by the better quality images. They are arranged in columns like this:
1a 3a
2a 1b
(In the attached image, the woman with the child is the first decan of Taurus).
We have four textual versions of the three decans (Latin ch.2, Latin ch.11, Arabic ch.2, Arabic ch.11).
In Latin ch.11, the third decan has the ring (armillam) and the sword.
In Arabic ch.11 (p.145 of the English translation) it's basically the same (bracelet and sword).
In Krakow Picatrix f.193, the ch.11 third Aries decan holds a single weird object, that includes a ring. But no sword.