Morten St George Theory

[Morten St. George]

Morten: What is important here is that a move away from the Centaur...

No, you are wrong.

It does NOT represent a move away from the centaur. It is UNUSUAL for its time.

You ignored the whole historical pattern of Sagittarius.

Some countries persistently retained the centaur and most of them adapted the centaur after the Beit Alpha mosaics were created.

I'm not kidding when I say you are a cherry picker. This demonstrates it. You didn't look at the whole history, you picked one example, an ATYPICAL example and tried to represent it as something it isn't.

Spain, in particular, preferred the centaur.

JP, I remain completely confused on this whole issue. The VMS dates to the early part of 15th century so I presume it predates most of the 15th-century manuscripts that depict a human Sagittarius. Are you claiming that the authors of those manuscripts got the idea of a human Sagittarius from the VMS?

Alternatively, if a 15th-century manuscript was completed between 1400 and 1404, the authors of the VMS could have gotten the idea of a human Sagittarius from there. Which was it?

Also, please confirm that the other 15th-century manuscripts depict a fox tail like the one seen in the VMS. Thanks.