27-06-2016, 09:02 PM
I've actually counted all the nine-pointed stars. There are 17 in the Zodiac section, 5 in the Stars section at the end (f103 through f116), but only 1 on bifolio 67-68 - it's the star labeled cPhocThy on f68r1.
While I haven't counted the six-pointed stars, I'm pretty sure they're more common than eight-pointed stars, and definitely more common than nine-pointed stars.
I've wondered for a long time whether the number of points on a star has any symbolic significance or not. It's hard to know, but it does seem that the number of points on each star was something that the illustrator cared about, although that could just mean that he was preserving the number of points present in the original (since I think the illustrations are basically copies).
While I haven't counted the six-pointed stars, I'm pretty sure they're more common than eight-pointed stars, and definitely more common than nine-pointed stars.
I've wondered for a long time whether the number of points on a star has any symbolic significance or not. It's hard to know, but it does seem that the number of points on each star was something that the illustrator cared about, although that could just mean that he was preserving the number of points present in the original (since I think the illustrations are basically copies).