22-02-2022, 06:31 PM
Thanks, Marco! Yes, you are right, I forgot to stress how different they are. If they are the same kind of thing, the three dots on the Rosettes foldout are probably a simple form of the ones with faces, but they may be something completely different as well.
The diagram you show is very interesting because it shows right away that there is some consistency between manuscripts. Here, Capricorn and Taurus are also three dots in a V.
I agree that fixed stars are unlikely to get a face, so if they represent celestial bodies, they are likely planets. (But why would they connect planets like constellations?)
Regarding magical writing/sigils, Cary and I have been looking for examples but we only found some Jewish ones. The sigils are used like a substitution alphabet to write holy names. The problem of dating remains though, since we didn't find any pre-1450 example.
The diagram you show is very interesting because it shows right away that there is some consistency between manuscripts. Here, Capricorn and Taurus are also three dots in a V.
I agree that fixed stars are unlikely to get a face, so if they represent celestial bodies, they are likely planets. (But why would they connect planets like constellations?)
Regarding magical writing/sigils, Cary and I have been looking for examples but we only found some Jewish ones. The sigils are used like a substitution alphabet to write holy names. The problem of dating remains though, since we didn't find any pre-1450 example.