(20-06-2020, 04:31 PM)aStobbart wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.but is there a concensus on why the VMS has two sections dedicated to aries and taurus? Are there other examples of manuscripts where this happens with these two particular signs?
I don't know if it's a consensus, but I think most people prefer the explanation that for some reason, these signs were split in half. The main argument is that they each have half of the usual 30 figures around them. So halving rather dan duplication.
As to why, that's a different question. The simplest explanation is that it's a matter of optimally dividing the drawings over the available space. That somehow four halves fitted better than two large circles. But there may also be a qualitative separation between both halves. After all, the animals are not identical.
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