RE: f67r1 and the supposed constellations
Anton > 12-07-2020, 10:30 PM
They might be inseparable, but what we observe in the star rays are not individual stars, but groups of asterisks. However, there are individual stars in the "outer space" in the same sectors. What's suspicious are those lines at 6 o'clock which, if not simply grease, are drawn as if to highlight: hey, these two stars belong to this group of stars!
This may serve as a mnemonic the other way round: to show that one needs to consider twelve constellations (or, more generally, twelve homogenous sets) arranged in a certain order, and to pick one or two stars (or, more generally, objects) from these sets. This would explain why these lines are shown only at six o'clock and not in other sectors.
In fact, all my considerations about constellations were stimulated by the supposed sign of Libra at 11 o'clock. However, even without that, twelve sectors in combination with Sun and Moon strongly suggest the Zodiac. What other options are there for the number twelve? Obviously, twelve months and twelve hours.
But this is not simply twelve, it looks rather something mixed in one diagram. Why there are both Sun and Moon? The Sun is dividing the circumference in twelve sectors with its rays. Then each sector has two subsectors, one of which contains those groups of asterisks within and larger individual stars in the outer space, while the other is simply painted blue within and contains a vord or two in the outside.
Why it's required to paint the whole half-sector with the blue paint? And what's the division of responsibility between the Sun and the Moon in this figure?
There was some special need for this half-sector division. Looks like small and larger stars are one "part of the story", while the blue paint and Voynichese are the other part. There is some generalization behind the blue, and there are twelve objects in this set of "blue", designated by vords.