Discussion of the Konstellations

[Koen G]

Exactly, Linda. As you can see from the Eratosthenes quote I included, even the ancients themselves were already overwhelmed by the amount of options

All this is related to the concept of interpretatio graeca, which basically implies that polytheistic religions had a tendency to see the gods of other peoples as different versions of their own. That is why it was perfectly normal for the Egyptian Isis to become associated with young women from the Greco-Roman pantheon and so on.

I think you may be right about the Virgo figure being the focal point of the folio and perhaps even the significance of its placement.