Stylistics of the "astrological" section

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As example: a curator from the Getty Museum likened the formation of centres in the calendar to mosaics produced in late Roman/Byzantine-ruled Syria.  At much the same time, Sam G. noted that mosaics in late Roman/Byzantine north Africa show similar characteristics to another of the calendar centres.  The two regions are linked - historically and culturally - from long before the Byzantine period, and it is common culture rather than official rule which chiefly influences forms in art.

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All zodiac-related astrological concepts and symbolism originate from this general area, regardless of whether it's French astrology, German astrology, Spanish astrology, English astrology, north-African astrology, Syrian astrology, etc.

It doesn't matter. where you look today, you will find the imagery largely unchanged for thousands of years... astrological imagery dates back to the Egyptians and the Chaldeans, primarily to the south and eastern Mediterranean, so of course there will be mosaics, frescoes, friezes, and other forms of imagery influencing subsequent astrological and calendar-related symbolism in other parts of the world.


People were surprisingly mobile in early history and they brought their culture, their artists, and their manuscripts with them. A huge number of Ethiopian Jews settled en masse in France. A very large number of Scandinavians (Lombards) colonized southern Italy and northern Africa. Many Portuguese settled in Korea. Many Romani migrated from India to Europe. Millions of Europeans settled in North America, in the days when an Atlantic crossing was long and very perilous.


I really don't understand your argument. Just because astrological imagery originated in the Mediterranean doesn't mean it stayed there.