RE: [split] St John's College MS. 18
-JKP- > 19-02-2021, 02:08 PM
12 on the top row (zodiacs/constellations). 7 on the bottom (ruling planets).
I wasn't drawing a direct relationship to zodiac man, I was trying to draw a more general parallel to the concept. Just as the stars were believed to affect certain parts of the body and certain parts were only supposed to be treated on certain days, a similar concept was applied to bathing at the various spas. The different pools were supposed to be good for different parts of the body (this is what it says in the text of the baths of Pozzuoli) and there used to be frescoes there (or possibly mosaics), before it was destroyed, with rows of people pointing.
We know the 7 are related to the "planets" because it clearly shows sun, moon, and five stars.