03-06-2019, 06:33 PM
There are two clear indications to think that Capricorn and Aquarius were never drawn. First, the zodiac starts with Piscis, something very unusual (Aries is always the head in the many pictures of zodiac man from this time). And second, Aries and Taurus are repeated, as if the author wanted to keep the twelve signs structure.
The numbering of the folios is posterior to the manuscript, so to think that Capricorn and Aquarius disappeared is a simple assumption.
If these zodiacal signs were not drawn, it's because winter is not relevant for plants.
That there is a relationship in the VM between plants and stars is for me a kind of axioma. If I did not believe it, the Voynich would seem absolutely irresoluble.
The numbering of the folios is posterior to the manuscript, so to think that Capricorn and Aquarius disappeared is a simple assumption.
If these zodiacal signs were not drawn, it's because winter is not relevant for plants.
That there is a relationship in the VM between plants and stars is for me a kind of axioma. If I did not believe it, the Voynich would seem absolutely irresoluble.