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For me the VMS script is nothing more than a catalog of stars. And nothing less.

This was before telescopes. Generally only the stars they cared about (those used for telling time and for navigation) had names. When you read the names of stars in medieval manuscripts, it only takes up 1/2 page, maybe a page or two. That's all. Even if you add coordinates or other information, I doubt it would fill a whole manuscript.