Stars in f68r1/f68r2

[rikforto]

But then what othet reason to label stars with same prefix? The logic escape me

One of the lasting conjectures here is that star names come from Arabic and those beginning with al/ar/as and other such reflexes of the Arabic article are common. Because of the lasting impact of Arabic astronomy on Europen, this is especially true of the brightest stars you'd shortlist. You see a similar pattern on the Mansions of the Moon on f69v, which could also be evidence of the Arabic article. You need not think the whole Manuscript is in Arabic for this to be true, though no one has gotten very far with this conjecture. (Coincidentally, I've been working on this from an angle that, at least, no one has published, but I'm running into familiar problems. Sigh.)