Just on a whim I made the following image which shows the direction of the labels on the large foldout. The arrows always point to the top. So on a normal page (like this webpage) we would expect only upwards pointing arrows.
"Radial" labels, which are arranged as or along a circle, are marked in black.
Taking the orientation of the scan as the norm:
GREEN arrows mark normal text.
RED arrows mark upside down text.
YELLOW arrows mark text which can be read when you turn the map 90° counter-clockwise
BLUE arrows mark text which can be read when you turn the map 90° clockwise
PINK arrows mark transitional directions.
What this diagram shows is that there appears to be a clockwise "flow" throughout the foldout which is followed rather consistently. I'm not sure what this means and I'm left with plenty of qiestions.
Does it show that the thing was meant to be rotated in one's hand?
Does it show the preferred orientation of specific parts?
Are there other documents which show this kind of behavior? (there are a few other pages in the VM)
"Radial" labels, which are arranged as or along a circle, are marked in black.
Taking the orientation of the scan as the norm:
GREEN arrows mark normal text.
RED arrows mark upside down text.
YELLOW arrows mark text which can be read when you turn the map 90° counter-clockwise
BLUE arrows mark text which can be read when you turn the map 90° clockwise
PINK arrows mark transitional directions.
What this diagram shows is that there appears to be a clockwise "flow" throughout the foldout which is followed rather consistently. I'm not sure what this means and I'm left with plenty of qiestions.
Does it show that the thing was meant to be rotated in one's hand?
Does it show the preferred orientation of specific parts?
Are there other documents which show this kind of behavior? (there are a few other pages in the VM)
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