12-04-2024, 11:58 AM
(10-04-2024, 02:09 PM)pjburkshire wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I have no idea why there are two Suns and two Moons.
Previously I said that I thought the two Suns on the Rosettes page meant that the page was to be rotated and viewed from different positions. Maybe that is the meaning of the two Suns and two Moons on f67v2 also -- rotate the page.
The text is written in all four page positions and there is a big circle. That makes me think the intention was for the page to be rotated. That may mean it represents some kind of a cycle. Maybe this cycle is the year and the circles-with-faces are full moons? If so, why are there 15 of them?
The year is about 365.25 days. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days long.
365.25 ÷ 29.5 = 12.38
If we start with the page in the standard position and look at the upper-left corner we have three of the circles-with-faces. That makes sense if each corner of the page is one season of the year and each circle-with-face is a full moon. Generally there are three full moons per astronomical season.
If f67v2 is rotated 90° clockwise, that puts the green, red, and blue part in the upper-left corner. The green, red, and blue kind of looks like a T-and-O Map. I have no idea if that means anything.
Or, maybe the cycle isn't the year and I'm just not seeing what it is.