19-01-2026, 04:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 19-01-2026, 04:26 PM by Stefan Wirtz_2.)
I pick up some previous images here
![[Image: 9216567a4a107ac9c7c721e20bb650a4.jpg]](https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/92/16/56/9216567a4a107ac9c7c721e20bb650a4.jpg)
![[Image: 8ce64415e4e518bc541ee973a5c502b6.jpg]](https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/8c/e6/44/8ce64415e4e518bc541ee973a5c502b6.jpg)
and add this one:
![[Image: e27adda89196799b2845056d95131065.jpg]](https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/e2/7a/dd/e27adda89196799b2845056d95131065.jpg)
That last one is from "Computus Nurembergensis" of ~1493, a bit younger than VMS.
Most interesting is the variant of showing Taurus (and capricorn) astronomical symbols.
For a span of at least 300 years, also covering VMS era, there was a tradition to show simplified actual star constellations - which shifted positions a bit in 15th century, at least in Cod.Nur.
Taking the writing directing and orientation:
![[Image: e9f1d2f9761c97c6ada107d121dbfec7.jpg]](https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/e9/f1/d2/e9f1d2f9761c97c6ada107d121dbfec7.jpg)
This does not remind of any astrological, cabbalistic or occult content, but more of theconstellation itself:
![[Image: TaurusCC.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/TaurusCC.jpg)
Could as well be "Taurus".
I don't know which position the sheet with this vignette has in the VMS when to whole map is folded, but it appears to be an "entrance" or labelling function for the complete Map --at latest, if it is positioned as the "top tip" like mentioned before in my regarding thread.
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and add this one:
That last one is from "Computus Nurembergensis" of ~1493, a bit younger than VMS.
Most interesting is the variant of showing Taurus (and capricorn) astronomical symbols.
For a span of at least 300 years, also covering VMS era, there was a tradition to show simplified actual star constellations - which shifted positions a bit in 15th century, at least in Cod.Nur.
Taking the writing directing and orientation:
This does not remind of any astrological, cabbalistic or occult content, but more of theconstellation itself:
Could as well be "Taurus".
I don't know which position the sheet with this vignette has in the VMS when to whole map is folded, but it appears to be an "entrance" or labelling function for the complete Map --at latest, if it is positioned as the "top tip" like mentioned before in my regarding thread.
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