28-11-2016, 03:39 PM
I respectfully disagree with Diane's first comment above that "it is not a 'peculiar' zodiac: it is not a zodiac". I don't think this can be asserted as a fact at this point at all.
MarcoP's You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. of the zodiac cycle over at Stephen Bax's site shows very clear examples of many of the features we find in this Voynich section, whether it's Aries as a goat, double animals for various signs, human crossbowman as archer, and many more elements. JKP's blogposts about You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. , also show very clear examples. I know that most here are already aware of this research, but am reposting it here for newcomers who might not be.
It is true that we haven't yet found a sequence which presents all of the Voynich features at once, but all of them (except for the Taurus basket) individually have parallels elsewhere.
When discussing parallels it must be remembered that we only have access to what has been digitized, and this is limited by two factors:
1) many libraries which have extensive manuscript collections have not made their collections available online (Glasgow University Library and Vienna National Library are at the top of my personal wishlist).
2) even among those that do digitize, many manuscripts, especially the more rustic looking ones have not yet been included in such efforts.
So in a way, we are a bit like this guy:
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MarcoP's You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. of the zodiac cycle over at Stephen Bax's site shows very clear examples of many of the features we find in this Voynich section, whether it's Aries as a goat, double animals for various signs, human crossbowman as archer, and many more elements. JKP's blogposts about You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. , also show very clear examples. I know that most here are already aware of this research, but am reposting it here for newcomers who might not be.
It is true that we haven't yet found a sequence which presents all of the Voynich features at once, but all of them (except for the Taurus basket) individually have parallels elsewhere.
When discussing parallels it must be remembered that we only have access to what has been digitized, and this is limited by two factors:
1) many libraries which have extensive manuscript collections have not made their collections available online (Glasgow University Library and Vienna National Library are at the top of my personal wishlist).
2) even among those that do digitize, many manuscripts, especially the more rustic looking ones have not yet been included in such efforts.
So in a way, we are a bit like this guy: