16-03-2025, 05:16 PM
"Which would make all zodiacs have 30 labels. And each zodiac sign is 30 degrees, so arguably it would make sense for each label to be a degree."
So, not all women/men are connected to a star. Most are but some are not. Meaning there are more days than degrees. It's kind of a Where's Wally puzzle finding the unconnected sneaky ones.
The Zodiacs with labels without stars are June, July, August, September and December. There is 1 or 2 missing from June (looks more like 2 but one of them has a "blotchy" star next to it, but looks more like a patch on the vellum rather than a star with no borders as found on the same zodiac folio), 2 missing from July, 1 missing from August, September and December. Could it be scribal forgetfulness? After all, it looks pretty obvious they forgot to add the label on the June zodiac since it is the only figure with no label, so it wouldn't be impossible that the scribe simply forgot to draw a star for some of these, especially since a couple have an arm extended but no star. Still, that would result in the below count:
March: 30 labels // 30 stars
April: 30 labels // 30 stars
May: 30 labels // 30 stars
June: 29 labels // 27 stars
July: 30 labels // 28 stars
August: 30 labels // 29 stars
September: 30 labels // 29 stars
October: 30 labels // 30 stars
November: 30 labels // 30 stars
December: 30 labels // 29 stars
So, not all women/men are connected to a star. Most are but some are not. Meaning there are more days than degrees. It's kind of a Where's Wally puzzle finding the unconnected sneaky ones.
The Zodiacs with labels without stars are June, July, August, September and December. There is 1 or 2 missing from June (looks more like 2 but one of them has a "blotchy" star next to it, but looks more like a patch on the vellum rather than a star with no borders as found on the same zodiac folio), 2 missing from July, 1 missing from August, September and December. Could it be scribal forgetfulness? After all, it looks pretty obvious they forgot to add the label on the June zodiac since it is the only figure with no label, so it wouldn't be impossible that the scribe simply forgot to draw a star for some of these, especially since a couple have an arm extended but no star. Still, that would result in the below count:
March: 30 labels // 30 stars
April: 30 labels // 30 stars
May: 30 labels // 30 stars
June: 29 labels // 27 stars
July: 30 labels // 28 stars
August: 30 labels // 29 stars
September: 30 labels // 29 stars
October: 30 labels // 30 stars
November: 30 labels // 30 stars
December: 30 labels // 29 stars