Ladies with Rings

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The book of Astromagia (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.) written for Alfonso X is discussed on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. as a parallel for the Voynich zodiac section.

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Going through the manuscript, I noticed several images of rings, that appear to be planetary amulets. The fact that the first illustration (an invocation of Mercury in the sign of Libra) also includes a dead ram could also be linked with some ideas about You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..

Some fragments from the text in ms Reg.Lat.1283 a f32v:

Capitulo VII por fablar con[n] me[r]curio qua[n]do fue en libra.
Toma dos huevos de estrucio e sacalo que es de[n]tro et guarda los cascos
… tome cabro[n] de des dieres ... et faz en de sacrificio a onor de mercurio
... et di O tu mercurio planet respla[n]die[n]t er parecient de grandes mercede et de larga franqueza cumple la mi peticio[n] …
et venira su mandadero de mercurio et …. dema[n]dal el aniello de los encantamie[n]tos

"Chapter VII - To speak with Mercury when he is in Libra.
Take two ostrich eggs and empty them of their contents, keeping the shells.
... Take a ram of ten days and make of it a sacrifice in honor of Mercury.
...And say: -O you Mercury, shiny planet of great generosity and sincerity, hear my prayer-
...And a messenger from Mercury will come; ... ask him the ring of the incantations".