30-09-2022, 10:36 AM
Thanks, I agree, a clarification would be good.
I was wondering not about whether a mediaeval or early modern calendar would start in March, but why in Cod. Sang. 678 - a 15th century manuscript from southwest Germany, an area and time with numerous possible connotations with the VMS - on pp 204 & 205 the table of dies, hore, and puncta and the list of zodiac signs run only from March to December. Why were Capricorn and Aquarius left out? Was this normal in that time, in that area?
If we understood why Cod. Sang. 678 left out Capricorn and Aquarius, and we did not necessarily assume that the missing f74 of the VMS contained two more circular diagrams, one with a goat in the middle, the other with someone pouring water, then perhaps we might gain a further, if very slight, insight into the VMS.
I was wondering not about whether a mediaeval or early modern calendar would start in March, but why in Cod. Sang. 678 - a 15th century manuscript from southwest Germany, an area and time with numerous possible connotations with the VMS - on pp 204 & 205 the table of dies, hore, and puncta and the list of zodiac signs run only from March to December. Why were Capricorn and Aquarius left out? Was this normal in that time, in that area?
If we understood why Cod. Sang. 678 left out Capricorn and Aquarius, and we did not necessarily assume that the missing f74 of the VMS contained two more circular diagrams, one with a goat in the middle, the other with someone pouring water, then perhaps we might gain a further, if very slight, insight into the VMS.
(29-09-2022, 04:27 PM)Aga Tentakulus wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.1. the year starts with March.
A clarification here would not be bad.