04-06-2020, 09:13 PM
I mostly agree with David here, where the issue is really one of terminology.
The zodiac is a band of the sky that was special because this is where the Sun, the Moon and the planets were moving about. It was subdivided into sections which were associated with some constellations.
Illustrations related to the zodiac throughout the middle ages could take on several forms, including a single illustration of all signs (usally also in a circle), a zodiac man with the different signs allocated to different body parts, or individual signs per page, with or without association to the different months.
The Voynich MS fits squarely in the last category, where the association with the months was made some time later by (presumably) a later owner, and there are not the illustrations related to the months that are typical for calendars.
The zodiac is a band of the sky that was special because this is where the Sun, the Moon and the planets were moving about. It was subdivided into sections which were associated with some constellations.
Illustrations related to the zodiac throughout the middle ages could take on several forms, including a single illustration of all signs (usally also in a circle), a zodiac man with the different signs allocated to different body parts, or individual signs per page, with or without association to the different months.
The Voynich MS fits squarely in the last category, where the association with the months was made some time later by (presumably) a later owner, and there are not the illustrations related to the months that are typical for calendars.