16-12-2016, 06:02 PM
You are demanding, which is good, I like critical questions. However, I don't agree with your reason for objecting.
The Aries/wave image is one of the stranger, more abstract ones. I'm relatively sure of Aries, and know that the whole drawing is meant to evoke (sorry) the mast of a ship in a storm. The thing might be waves, but could also be clouds or both. We won't know for sure until we read the text. I don't know whether the other things you posted represent waving water or clouds or various things, and I won't guess just to tell you something.
I do know some patterns throughout Q13a already. I have shown why I believe the wavy lines to represent the polar circles in this section. There also seems to be a tendency for green water (ocean) or green accents to gravitate towards southern constellations, but that is something I have to examine in more detail. The presence of a triple parallel line on a folio means that the constellations on this line are found on the ecliptic. This is clear on two folios.
The stories are always read from right to left (!) which is an interesting feature and might suggest that the text has been transcribed from right to left script. But that's rather speculative at this point.
A very important feature is that the base of figures always hints at the constellation level. Perhaps even exclusively at the constellation level. I will provide an overview of this later. The fact that the flying Perseus and one of the Birds has no base is a clever variation on this theme.
The arms of figures generally refer to the constellation level as well. I will also provide an overview of this later.
Dots on a base or item refer to the stars and are meant as an indicator that this part has to be read this way.
All within Q13a. I have no way to make statements about other folios at the moment.
The Aries/wave image is one of the stranger, more abstract ones. I'm relatively sure of Aries, and know that the whole drawing is meant to evoke (sorry) the mast of a ship in a storm. The thing might be waves, but could also be clouds or both. We won't know for sure until we read the text. I don't know whether the other things you posted represent waving water or clouds or various things, and I won't guess just to tell you something.
I do know some patterns throughout Q13a already. I have shown why I believe the wavy lines to represent the polar circles in this section. There also seems to be a tendency for green water (ocean) or green accents to gravitate towards southern constellations, but that is something I have to examine in more detail. The presence of a triple parallel line on a folio means that the constellations on this line are found on the ecliptic. This is clear on two folios.
The stories are always read from right to left (!) which is an interesting feature and might suggest that the text has been transcribed from right to left script. But that's rather speculative at this point.
A very important feature is that the base of figures always hints at the constellation level. Perhaps even exclusively at the constellation level. I will provide an overview of this later. The fact that the flying Perseus and one of the Birds has no base is a clever variation on this theme.
The arms of figures generally refer to the constellation level as well. I will also provide an overview of this later.
Dots on a base or item refer to the stars and are meant as an indicator that this part has to be read this way.
All within Q13a. I have no way to make statements about other folios at the moment.