15-04-2016, 11:17 AM
Rene, what you say about the usefulness of the later month names is of course true. It could shed some light on where the MS has been before it went to Prague.
I mean it's unfortunate because it just may impose an interpretation of the series that wasn't the original one.. perhaps.
I also agree that starting with Pisces isn't a weird thing in contexts like astronomy and navigation. If we adjust for that, still, the series of images is similar to the zodiac, but there's only a partial overlap in the selection of the images. This is not my area of expertise at all, so do correct me if I'm wrong. Let's jut start at March.
Ignoring the month inscriptions, the order the VM illustrations appear when reading through the manuscript isn't entirely clear to me from the scans. Is this correct?
I mean it's unfortunate because it just may impose an interpretation of the series that wasn't the original one.. perhaps.
I also agree that starting with Pisces isn't a weird thing in contexts like astronomy and navigation. If we adjust for that, still, the series of images is similar to the zodiac, but there's only a partial overlap in the selection of the images. This is not my area of expertise at all, so do correct me if I'm wrong. Let's jut start at March.
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01. fish fish
02. goat ram
03. goat bull
04. bull twins
05. bull crab/lobster
06. twins lion
07. crab/lobster maiden
08. scales scales
09. blue feline scorpion
10. maiden archer
11. "scorpion" goat
12. archer water-bearerIgnoring the month inscriptions, the order the VM illustrations appear when reading through the manuscript isn't entirely clear to me from the scans. Is this correct?