Instructions? Was the Vms built from instructions?
If they were written, at that level of detail, we might have had another book. Or is the author looking over the painter's shoulder. "Okay, now put a six-pointed, yellow star in that space there, and run a thin yellow line to the nymph."
IMO, whoever added the yellow star and string was 'with the program.' It may not be entirely clear to us as to what 'the program' is. For simplicity's sake, it might be catasterism, as represented by the nymph's proximal connection to string and star. The painter comes along, already *knows* 'the program', sees an "apparent omission", and fills in the blank.
If they were written, at that level of detail, we might have had another book. Or is the author looking over the painter's shoulder. "Okay, now put a six-pointed, yellow star in that space there, and run a thin yellow line to the nymph."
IMO, whoever added the yellow star and string was 'with the program.' It may not be entirely clear to us as to what 'the program' is. For simplicity's sake, it might be catasterism, as represented by the nymph's proximal connection to string and star. The painter comes along, already *knows* 'the program', sees an "apparent omission", and fills in the blank.