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The great value of Tratado de Astrología is that it's rigorously contemporary of the VMS. It's the same vision of the world and a similar imagery....

I dunno, Antonio.

I don't think it's the same vision of the world. I think the Tratado is much more astronomical and the VMS more astrological/cosmological. It's like the difference between someone who takes an astronomy course in school (with all the inherent math and technical information) and someone who takes a survey course of astrology and medieval cosmology.


As I said upthread, the VMS just does not seem to me to be created by someone with a technical, analytical mind. It IS someone interested in detail, someone methodical, someone with an interest in plants that borders on biological/botanical, but that's not the same as being analytical in an astronomical sense.

I think the VMS was created by someone interested in plants, the classics, and astrology/cosmology. The Tratado was created by someone who would probably study physics and math (and maybe engineering) if they were in school today.