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[R. Sale]

Using the VMs parchment dates as guides to an early 15th century perspective, then the separation of astronomy and astrology was still in process. They were still using the Julian calendar, which was clearly in error, and had been known to be incorrect by the highest authority at least since the time of Roger Bacon, and yet no correction was made till the Gregorian reform in 1582.

Astronomy is still geocentric from the perspective of the VMs cosmos. Astrology and the *sympathetic* sciences are set to blossom with Ficino. In deed, it certainly seems possible that the VMs creator had an idiosyncratic set of views at that time. However, there are certain structures.

In f57v, in the four by seventeen symbol sequence <almost identical>, there is a hidden structure based on traditional methods of interpretation. Three traditional interpretations focus on the fifth symbol in the sequence, an inverted 'v'. The first method of interpretation is Greek. The fifth symbol represents the letter 'lambda' and as such it stands in the proper spatial relationship with the first symbol, which appears as the Greek letter 'omicron', reading from right to left, which is valid in Greek.

The second traditional system of interpretation is the numerical system of the medieval era as displayed on the dress of Typus Arithmetica. If the fifth symbol is interpreted as the numeral '7', then the second symbol is in the proper place and is the numeral '4'.

The third traditional system is the Roman numeral system in which this symbol is an inverted '5' in the fifth place.

Everything depends on how the VMs glyphs are interpreted.