#
# Identification:
#
# * Title: "Gemini"
# * Page: f72r2 = KD (Rene) = p138 (Stolfi)
# * Folio: f72
# * Panels: f72r2
# * Bifolio: bK1 = f71+f72
# * Quire: K (Rene) = XI (Beinecke)
#
# This page is the central recto panel of an eight-panel fold-out.
#
# D'Imperio figure 10, page 88 (center).
#
# Attributes:
#
# * Language: ? (Currier)
# * Hand: ? (Currier)
# * Subsets: Z (Rene), zod (Stolfi)
# * Subject: zodiac
# * Colors: green,blue(dress_on_center) (Reeds), green(left_guy),blue(right_lady) (Rene)
#
# Description:
#
# Three concentric rings of text (units µ{R1}, µ{R2}, µ{R3}, from
# outside in), bounded by faint mechanically drawn circles. There is
# a thin radial stroke across the inner at 10:30.
#
# In the centre there are two human figures, apparently a man and a
# woman, holding each other hands---left hand in left hand, below,
# and right in right, above. The man wears a wide hat, a blouse with
# long narrow sleeves, ring collar, simple belt, a skirt with
# trimmed edge reaching below the knee, and boots. The woman wears
# an elaborate draped dress, with ring collar, broad sleeves with
# wrist bands, a small bonnet with long hair or a veil hanging down
# her back, and a skirt that drags on the floor. Jim Reeds and Rene
# report that the man is dressed in green, and the lady in blue.
#
# Between the two figures, at knee level, is a word in Roman-like
# cursive script.
#
# Between the inner ring of text and the middle ring are 9 naked
# human figures or "nymphs", all female, each standing with the
# right hand on her hip, holding a star with the left hand.
#
# Between the middle ring and the outer ring there are 16 nymphs,
# standing, each holding a star with the left hand. Four are
# clothed, the rest is naked. Most are definitely women, with
# visible breasts; the rest could be women or men. In most cases the
# right hand is resting on the hip, but in a couple of cases the
# right arm is stretched back and down. One nymph (at 04:00) has
# both arms streched out horizontally.
#
# Standing on top of the diagram, outside the text circle, are
# another 5 naked women, right hand on the hip, each holding a star.
#
# Two of the figures in the outer band, at 06:45 and 07:30, are
# standing on top of horizontal cylinders, resembling the ones on
# f70v2; and one (at 06:15) is standing on an oval carpet with a
# scalloped texture and a broad dotted border. Also the first nymph at the
# top (at 10:45) is standing on an hatched object which could be a
# patch of grass.
#
# All figures are drawn in 3/4 view, between frontal and
# clockwise-facing. Some of the figures have the left knee raised.
# Some of the figures seem to have hats.
#
# Clockwise from each nymph, except the outer one at 08:30, there is
# a short label (text units µ{S0} for the top nymphs, µ{S1} for the
# outer band, and µ{S2} for the inner band).
#
# Rene [07 Apr 1999] observes that this folio is all curled up.
#
# The following table summarizes the nymph and star attributes. The
# "brst" column says whether the figure has visible female breasts.
# The "rays" column is the number of rays in each star; a "t" means
# the star has a tail. The "hand" column gives the position of the
# right hand; a hour figure measn that the right arm is stretched
# towards that direction relative to the nymph.
#
# band label place brst hand rays notes
# ------- ----- ----- ---- ----- ---- ------------------------------
# inner S2.1 11:00 yes hip 6 left knee raised
# inner S2.2 00:00 yes hip 7
# inner S2.3 00:45 yes belly 7
# inner S2.4 01:45 yes butt 6?
# inner S2.5 03:30 yes hip 8 left knee raised
# inner S2.6 05:30 yes hip 7
# inner S2.7 06:30 yes belly 7
# inner S2.8 07:15 yes butt 8
# inner S2.9 08:45 yes butt 7
#
# outer S1.1 10:30 yes 08:30 7
# outer S1.2 11:00 yes belly 8
# outer S1.3 00:00 yes hip 7 t
# outer S1.4 00:45 yes ribs 8
# outer S1.5 01:15 no thigh 8 flat hips; shower cap; male?
# outer S1.6 02:00 yes ? 8?
# outer S1.7 03:00 yes hip? ?
# outer S1.8 04:00 yes waist ?
# outer S1.9 05:15 yes butt 7?
# outer S1.10 06:15 yes hip? 7? carpet
# outer S1.11 06:45 ? 07:00 6 barrel; dress; belt; male?
# outer S1.12 07:15 ? 06:30 6 barrel; dress; male?
# outer S1.13 08:00 ? 06:15 ? long dress; belt;
# outer S1.14 08:30 no 06:15 7 not labeled; dress; belt; male?
# outer S1.15 09:00 yes 06:15 7 small; ;feet visible
# outer S1.16 09:30 no hip ?
#
# top S0.1 10:45 ? ? ? left foot raised; grass
# top S0.2 11:00 yes hip 7
# top S0.3 11:45 yes belly 8 skinny leg
# top S0.4 00:15 yes butt ? left foot raised back
# top S0.5 01:00 yes hip 8
#
# Comments:
#
# The sign of Gemini, the Twins, has sometimes been represented by a
# man and woman. Gemini is ??? to ???.
#
# The radial stroke at 10:30 in the inner ring
# may mark the start of the text.
#
# Takeshi [20 Jan 1999] thinks that the "nymphs" on the outer band at
#
# 00:00 <f72r2.S1.3> <okal>
# 00:45 <f72r2.S1.4> <okaly>
# 01:15 <f72r2.S1.5> <okal>
#
# are a family. Specifically 00:00 is the mother, 00:45 is the
# grandmother, and 01:15 is the father. In particular he thinks that
# the latter has a penis. Stolfi [] thinks the "penis" could be just
# the result of bad drawing (like the two elbows!), and notes that
# lack of breasts is not conclusive since the nymphs on the Aries
# page (f71r) have no breasts but must be female. He also thinks
# that the "mother" does not seem to be older than the "daughter".
#
# Stolfi observes however that there is a more convincing family of
# four at 07:00.
#
# Robert Firth reads the month name as ``Jony''
#
# References:
#
#
# Last edited on 1999-04-21 08:56:35 by stolfi