21-07-2019, 05:22 PM
I do not interpret, there are already too many interpretations about the VM. I only describe what I see.
In the same page of the Alphonsine Tables we see two abbreviations of the Latin word Radix. Not one but two. Indeed there is an abbreviation with the letter R and a line that crosses the leg of the R. It is the Rx that we can see in other books. Here it is used to write Radix Solis or Radix Lune. The abbreviation and the word are in red.
But, and this is significant, there is another Radix abbreviation in black. In this one the letter R does not form an X, but is attached to a sign that is identical to the right leg of Eva-t and Eva-k.
Since it is an astronomical work and refers to the beginning of an era, the logical thing is to associate that sign with noon because all the astronomical tables were made to start at that time of day.
Many members of the forum doubt that the gallows are letters or think they are nulls. The simplest explanation is that they can be astronomical symbols.
In the same page of the Alphonsine Tables we see two abbreviations of the Latin word Radix. Not one but two. Indeed there is an abbreviation with the letter R and a line that crosses the leg of the R. It is the Rx that we can see in other books. Here it is used to write Radix Solis or Radix Lune. The abbreviation and the word are in red.
But, and this is significant, there is another Radix abbreviation in black. In this one the letter R does not form an X, but is attached to a sign that is identical to the right leg of Eva-t and Eva-k.
Since it is an astronomical work and refers to the beginning of an era, the logical thing is to associate that sign with noon because all the astronomical tables were made to start at that time of day.
Many members of the forum doubt that the gallows are letters or think they are nulls. The simplest explanation is that they can be astronomical symbols.