Discussion of the Konstellations

[Koen G]

There's a line of figures on top of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. which don't fit the scheme. I don't think they represent constellations, but they work well on the narrative level.
It reads: 
1) a messenger is sent to queen Procne
2) and 3) the messenger appears before the queen and reveals the cloth spun by Philomela
4) the queen and a group of friends rush towards the place where Philomela is imprisoned during the feast of Bacchus. 
5) and 6) the queen and Philomela blend in with the people partying in the streets and make their way back to the palace unnoticed.



Since these figures are placed on an ecliptic folio but are not constellations, since there are six of them and they follow a bendy, irregular path, I wondered if they could be the planets + sun. Planet iconography is a mess, though, and if this is an original representation based on a textual source, it may nog be of much help. Aratus is usually of some help, but about the planets he basically says: they are too random, I'm not going there. So I wondered if anyone here could provide some more insight.

This is what I think to know:
- likely read from right to left, as indicated
- they are between Capricorn and Cancer, which makes sense since these are the most southern and northern point of the ecliptic, and hence the "boundaries" of the planets' path.
- I'm not sure if they are in the order of their perceived circles (this is still pretty new to me)

Now the figure I labelled (3) is easy - I can handle this. She is shown in a standard charioteer's pose, and her crown is somewhat similar to Sol's as well.


Now the the other figures:

1) I'm not sure what the arms mean here, they are half hidden. The hair seems to suggest female with her hair partially undone (??)
2) Hair suggests male. The "cloak" might be important, as well as the color red.
(3) would almost certainly be the Sun
4) Hair suggests male. Arms are important - when a constellation has these arms it means "winged" or swift
5) Hair is long and blue, may be male or female. Crown suggests kingship. When a constellation has arms like this, it means "large" (imagine a fisherman showing how big the fish was he caught)
6) Hair suggests male. Arms seem very significant but I do not know this pose or its meaning.

So any ideas?