#
# Identification:
#
# * Title: "Leo"
# * Page: f72v3 = KF (Rene) = p140 (Stolfi)
# * Folio: f72
# * Panels: f72v4, f72v3
# * Bifolio: bK1 = f71+f72
# * Quire: K (Rene) = XI (Beinecke)
#
# This page spans the two outermost verso panels of an eight-panel
# fold-out. (The outermost panel is about 1/3 the width of a normal
# one.)
#
# Newbold plate XXV.
# D'Imperio figure 10, page 88 (center).
#
# Attributes:
#
# * Language: ? (Currier)
# * Hand: ? (Currier)
# * Subsets: Z (Rene), zod (Stolfi)
# * Subject: zodiac
# * Colors: ??? (Reeds), blue_dots(lioness),brick(crown) (Rene)
#
# Description:
#
# Three concentric rings of text (units µ{R1}, µ{R2}, µ{R3},
# outside-in) are delimited by six faint mechanically drawn circles.
# The outer ring runs over the fold at the right, and invades page
# f72v2. The outer and inner rings have wider word gaps at 08:45.
# (The middle ring crosses a fold at that point).
#
# In the centre there is an animal resembling a lioness, facing west. The
# animal has a very short and sparse mane, and a long tail ending in
# a tuft of hair. The tail curved down, between or behind the rear
# legs, then up behind body, and then forward. The right front paw
# is lifted and points West. The animal has a muzzle similar to that
# of the nibbling animal in f???, and is showing a longish, narrow,
# pointed tongue.
#
# Below the lion is a non-Voynichese word, possibly "augst" in
# lowercase Roman script. There may be a dot over the first leg of
# the "u". The "s" looks like an uncrossed "f" with a straight
# descender. The "t" looks like an EVA "c".
#
# The three rings of text define two bands containing human figures
# ("nymphs"), 12 in the inner band and 18 in the outer one. All
# nymphs are naked, in 3/4 view (between frontal and facing clockwise).
#
# Each nymph figure holds a star with the left hand. The right hand is
# generally on her back, buttock, thigh, waist, hip, or belly; but some
# have the right arm stretched back and down. The feet are generally
# hidden behind the text ring, but sometimes visible.
#
# All the figures are naked. Most have visible breasts and
# shoulder-long hair.
#
# Clockwise from each figure there is a short label (units µ{S1} and
# µ{S2}, outside-in).
#
# Rene [07 Apr 1999] observes that this folio is all curled up.
#
# The following table lists some attributes of the nymphs. 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 hand rays notes
# ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ----------------------
# inner S2.1 10:00 butt? ?
# inner S2.2 10:45 belly 7 t
# inner S2.3 11:45 07:30 7 left foot half-raised
# inner S2.4 00:30 ribs 7 t
# inner S2.5 01:30 waist 7 left foot visible
# inner S2.6 02:00 butt 7 left foot visible
# inner S2.7 03:00 back 9 left foot raised
# inner S2.8 04:00 butt 8 t left foot half-raised
# inner S2.9 05:00 hip 9
# inner S2.10 06:15 08:00 8 t holding by tail; tail between rays
# inner S1.11 07:45 butt 8? left foot raised
# inner S1.12 08:15 belly ? no breasts?
#
# outer S1.1 10:00 hip 9
# outer S1.2 10:30 ??? ? t hat?
# outer S1.3 10:45 07:00 8
# outer S1.4 11:30 back 8 t
# outer S1.5 00:00 waist 8 t
# outer S1.6 00:45 ribs 8 t
# outer S1.7 01:15 waist 7
# outer S1.8 01:45 butt 7
# outer S1.9 02:15 belly 9?
# outer S1.10 02:45 butt 9?
# outer S1.11 03:30 hip 9?t
# outer S1.12 04:15 hip 8 left foot raised
# outer S1.13 05:00 hip 8 no breasts
# outer S1.14 06:15 back 8
# outer S1.15 07:15 butt ? no breasts
# outer S1.16 08:00 belly 8
# outer S1.17 08:45 butt 8
# outer S1.18 09:00 belly ?
#
# Comments:
#
# The animal at the center is probably a lion, the astrological
# symbol for Leo. Leo is ??? to ???.
#
# References:
#
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# Last edited on 1999-04-20 15:47:34 by stolfi