27-11-2016, 01:10 AM
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Anton,
One of the interesting things about the Voynich diagrams relating to winds and stars is that they do not show any clear correlation to the usual "zodiac-planets-cardinal winds" mindset of the Latin European texts. The so-called "zodiac" doesn't represent the zodiac creatures; there is no sign of the planets' inclusion apart from sun and moon - which seems to mean that astrology may not be a subject of the month-roundels as is usually presumed - and the winds on f.67v-1 are not the cardinal winds.
For these and various other reasons, including the disposition of those curved lines on the famous diagram of f.68v-1 I was obliged to conclude that the sort of "text-book" astronomy-astrology characteristic of the Latin west does not inform the content of Beinecke MS 408 - and that the diagrams in the latter better agree with other traditions and customs- chiefly those of the navigators.
It is an interesting question as to when, and where, that information first entered the Latins' horizons and I'm not sure that the question has ever been investigated in any depth.
One of the interesting things about the Voynich diagrams relating to winds and stars is that they do not show any clear correlation to the usual "zodiac-planets-cardinal winds" mindset of the Latin European texts. The so-called "zodiac" doesn't represent the zodiac creatures; there is no sign of the planets' inclusion apart from sun and moon - which seems to mean that astrology may not be a subject of the month-roundels as is usually presumed - and the winds on f.67v-1 are not the cardinal winds.
For these and various other reasons, including the disposition of those curved lines on the famous diagram of f.68v-1 I was obliged to conclude that the sort of "text-book" astronomy-astrology characteristic of the Latin west does not inform the content of Beinecke MS 408 - and that the diagrams in the latter better agree with other traditions and customs- chiefly those of the navigators.
It is an interesting question as to when, and where, that information first entered the Latins' horizons and I'm not sure that the question has ever been investigated in any depth.