07-05-2016, 12:21 PM
Quote:Anton:
.. rather that the author did not care too much about all figures fitting in two circles
... sometimes did not fit into two circles did not bother him much.
If i sum up what you are writing about the zodiac ladies outside, is that the author is just a sloppy bad planner.
Looking at the text we see nice flowing lines, placed around plants and, although not 'hanging' or 'sitting' on a line, placed as straight as possible on the page.
Almost no text errors, wipes or strike-throughs. Every page starts on the first or second position nicely with a gallow character and words have been "build" around a specific pattern. Many hours are spent on small details in the drawings, for example the cosmo drawings, the Rosette page a.o. The circles on the zodiac pages, as well as the cosmo-pages, are round and not egg-shaped for example. The placement of most circles and other pictures seems to be choosen carefully in the middle of the folio, and not on the edge for example (can also be seen on some pages). The author is not sloppy.
These observations that the author actually is a good planner and knows what he wants to do and how he wants to show that, and actually is caring about the manuscript in detail, shows me that the placement of the ladies outside must have another explanation.