23-07-2018, 06:47 PM
You are right David. Most of the astronomical and astrological works of king Alfonso, and of course the Lapidario, are translations from arab works. The arabs studied a lot the fixed stars and still we know some stars by their arab names.
As I've already said, I think the Lapidario has an huge value as paradigm of the Voynich. In both we see the 360º of the celestial sphere, 30 grades each Zodiac sign. In the Lapidario each grade is connected with a stone which gets its virtue from a star o more whose position are clearly described. Is it the same in an Herbarium like the Voynich? I think so
As I've already said, I think the Lapidario has an huge value as paradigm of the Voynich. In both we see the 360º of the celestial sphere, 30 grades each Zodiac sign. In the Lapidario each grade is connected with a stone which gets its virtue from a star o more whose position are clearly described. Is it the same in an Herbarium like the Voynich? I think so