24-02-2016, 08:55 PM
I've looked at many hundreds of medieval manuscripts describing both astronomy and astrology.
Astronomers rarely represent information as it is represented in the VMS. They are aware of the actual shapes of the constellations and the relationships of the stars to one another and essentially follow a different tradition than those who think of zodiacs in the astrological sense and simply copy popular pictures of zodiacs.
The VMS follows illustrative tradition rather than scientific tradition which means the star pages and moon-sun wheels are more likely derived from previous descriptions and illustrations in popular books or amateur books than those found in actual astronomical texts.
Astronomers rarely represent information as it is represented in the VMS. They are aware of the actual shapes of the constellations and the relationships of the stars to one another and essentially follow a different tradition than those who think of zodiacs in the astrological sense and simply copy popular pictures of zodiacs.
The VMS follows illustrative tradition rather than scientific tradition which means the star pages and moon-sun wheels are more likely derived from previous descriptions and illustrations in popular books or amateur books than those found in actual astronomical texts.