15-04-2016, 08:37 AM
There's of course quite a bit more that could be said about it...
While there is little doubt that the month names were added later, we don't know how much later. I think it is fortunate, because it is one of the minor clues we have about the MSs' whereabouts in its early history. Even if it is not telling us anything specific just yet.
Anyway, this person clearly associated the zodiac signs with the months. There are two ways of doing that.
In calendars, January is typically associated with aquarius, February with pisces and March with aries.
Our later owner / peruser associated pisces with March, which is more like manuscripts of astronomical / astrological nature, such as here:
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While there is little doubt that the month names were added later, we don't know how much later. I think it is fortunate, because it is one of the minor clues we have about the MSs' whereabouts in its early history. Even if it is not telling us anything specific just yet.
Anyway, this person clearly associated the zodiac signs with the months. There are two ways of doing that.
In calendars, January is typically associated with aquarius, February with pisces and March with aries.
Our later owner / peruser associated pisces with March, which is more like manuscripts of astronomical / astrological nature, such as here:
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