10-01-2016, 10:29 AM
Very interesting Anton.
I have a half written blog post theorising that this section is simply a florilegium.
In medieval documents, a florilegium was simply a collection of aphorisms, saying and wisdoms that were collected for future reference. Mary Carruthers explains them as memory notes, brief extracts that were designed to be memorised which would in turn provide a memory link to the main topic or text.
(It later developed into a flower book when the term was reused in later Renaissance times).
The stars, I have always thought, are probably content indicators indicating the subject of each line, hence permitting rapid visual or memory access to the subject matter desired.
I have a half written blog post theorising that this section is simply a florilegium.
In medieval documents, a florilegium was simply a collection of aphorisms, saying and wisdoms that were collected for future reference. Mary Carruthers explains them as memory notes, brief extracts that were designed to be memorised which would in turn provide a memory link to the main topic or text.
(It later developed into a flower book when the term was reused in later Renaissance times).
The stars, I have always thought, are probably content indicators indicating the subject of each line, hence permitting rapid visual or memory access to the subject matter desired.
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