Sphere of Life and Death Cipher?

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I have a number of life-death circles in my files but I don't know if I can grab them quickly. But here's one from Harley 3719 (an astronomical/medical text):



For those who are not familiar with them, they were used for prognostication and had a traditional format within a circle, with letters and sometimes numbers in the outer rings and numbers within the central sections (in a number of different arrangements). Usually there is a horizontal line bisecting the middle. In the Harley example this line is embellished because it indicates a crucial dividing line.

If the calculations ended up in the upper portion, the patient would live. In the lower portion, the patient would die.

Wiley has an article on this subject:

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