#
# Identification:
#
# * Title: "Sagittarius"
# * Page: f73v = LB (Rene) = p144 (Stolfi)
# * Folio: f73
# * Panels: f73v
# * Bifolio: bL1 = f73+f74
# * Quire: L (Rene) = XII (Beinecke)
#
# D'Imperio figure 10, page 88 (center).
#
# Attributes:
#
# * Language: ? (Currier)
# * Hand: ? (Currier)
# * Subsets: Z (Rene), zod (Stolfi)
# * Subject: zodiac
# * Colors: ??? (Reeds)
#
# Description:
#
# Six faint, mostly concentric, mechanically drawn circles delimit
# three rings of text (units µ{R1}, µ{R2}, µ{R3}, outside-in). There
# is a wider gap in the middle ring at 09:30, and faint radial
# strokes cutting across the three rings at 09:00, 09:30, and 09:30,
# inner to outer. Rene [07 Apr 1999] reports that the text in the
# rings seems to have been written with a sharper than average pen.
#
# Inside the inner circle is a beardless human figure, possibly male
# (but not obviously so), apparently smiling, walking Westward.
# The figure has a pointy chin and a dark smudge behind the head.
#
# The figure is wearing a hat with round rim and a long veil or
# plume falling down his back to waist level. He is also wearing a
# shirt with ring collar and broad sleeves, closed at the wrist; a
# flaring skirt, with heavy pleats and scalloped rim, down to knee
# level; and pointed boots, reaching up to mid-leg.
#
# The figure has on his right hand an armed crossbow, which is
# pointing foward and a bit down. The crossbow's butt is hidden by
# the archer's right arm. The left arm is stretched foward and down
# too; the left hand seems to be open, palm up and thumb forward,
# next to the right hand. The "barrel" of the crossbow is an
# inch-wide bar, ending with a round bulb just under the bow's
# attachment point. The barrel is supported by a rectangular board,
# about two inches wide. The bow has uniform thichness for most of
# its length, and then suddenly narrows down to wire-like
# extensions, bent forward. The arrow has a large tip, which
# intrudes into the inner text ring, sporting short triangular
# "wings" near the shaft; and a compact, bulbous tail.
#
# Between the figure's feet is an almost illegible word, possibly
# "oct2..." in lowercase Roman letters (with a "t" resembling EVA "c",
# and the "2" as a small superscipt). The word may continue over the
# archer's boots, but cannot be read.
#
# Between the rings of text, there are two bands of naked female
# figures ("nymphs"), 10 in the inner one and 16 in the outer one.
# There are 4 additional nymphs standing on top of the outer ring of
# text. There are extra-wide gaps in the inner band at 10:30, and in
# the outer band at 11:00.
#
# All of the nymphs are in 3/4 view, facing clockwise. All have full
# breasts (except perhaps the one in the second-innermost band at
# 01:00). Most have light hair, shoulder-long or longer. None have
# hats, but some have a narrow crown-like band on top of the head.
#
# Almost every nymph has the right arm bent backwards, with the hand
# resting on her back, buttock, waist, thigh, or hip; however four
# nymphs have the right arm stretched back and down. The feet are
# generally hidden behind the text ring, but sometimes visible.
#
# Almost every nymph is holding a star by one of the rays, with her
# left hand, slightly above her head. One exception is the inner
# band nymph at 08:00, which is holding the star low, near the
# ground. That star is partly behind a donut-like object right in
# front and to the left of her left knee. Another exception is the
# outer band nymph at 07:45, which has no left arm and no star.
# Also, three of the nymphs at the top are holding the respective
# stars by wire-like tails. The stars are proportionately about a
# foot in diameter, with triangular rays and a dark center.
#
# In front (clockwise) of the nymph without star (outer 07:45),
# there is a dark spot near the ground, and faint smudges on either
# side of her head. There may be also small moons next to the elbow
# of that nymph and the following one (outer 08:30).
#
# The star held by the outer 07:15 nymph is almost entirely covered
# by an ink blot; a smaller blot covers the face of the inner 07:15
# nymph.
#
# There are two horizontal barrels, about a foot wide and three feet
# long, lying on the ground behind the first two nymphs at the top
# of the diagram. The barrels are crudely drawn, with strokes of
# uneven thickness, and undecorated. The left end of each barrel seems
# to be closer to the viewer.
#
# There may be something drawn between the 2nd and 3rd nymphs
# (11:30 and 00:00) at the top of the diagram.
#
# There is a label just clockwise of each nymph (units µ{S0}, µ{S1},
# µ{S2}, outside-in).
#
# The following table summarizes the nymph attributes. The "rays"
# column is the number of rays in each star; a "t" means that the
# star has a tail. The "hand" column gives the position of the right
# hand; a hour figure measn that the right arm is held more or less
# straight, in that direction relative to the nymph.
#
# band label place hand rays notes
# ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ----------------------
# inner S2.1 11:30 hip 9
# inner S2.2 00:30 hip 9
# inner S2.3 01:30 hip 7
# inner S2.4 02:45 07:00 7
# inner S2.5 03:45 waist 7
# inner S2.6 05:00 hip 7
# inner S2.7 06:00 hip 8
# inner S2.8 07:15 hip 8 face blotted out
# inner S2.9 08:00 hip 7? star held down, donut
# inner S2.10 09:30 butt 7
#
# outer S1.1 10:15 08:30 8
# outer S1.2 10:45 butt 8
# outer S1.3 11:30 butt 8 crownlet
# outer S1.4 00:15 butt? 9
# outer S1.5 00:45 thigh 9
# outer S1.6 01:15 hip 7 no breasts?
# outer S1.7 01:45 07:30 8
# outer S1.8 02:30 hip 7 crownlet
# outer S1.9 03:15 butt 7
# outer S1.10 04:15 butt? 8
# outer S1.11 05:00 waist 9
# outer S1.12 06:15 hip 8
# outer S1.13 07:15 hip ? star blotted out
# outer S1.14 07:45 back - no star; spot & moon
# outer S1.15 08:30 hip 7
# outer S1.16 09:30 hip 7
#
# top S0.1 11:00 butt 7 t short tail
# top S0.2 11:30 hip 7
# top S0.3 00:00 hip? 8?t short tail
# top S0.4 00:30 hip 6?t long tail
#
# There seem to be very faint drawings outside the diagram,
# particularly in the broad bottom margin.
#
# Rene [07 Apr 1999] observes that there is some green printout
# on this page, but it doesn't come from f75r.
#
# Comments:
#
# It is not clear whether the radial strokes in the inner and outer
# test rings are modern or original.
#
# The archer's pointy chin may be a light beard, and the smudge
# behind his head may be hair. Someone has identified the figure's
# hat as a fifteenth century Florentine archer's hat [1,2].
#
# The dark spot near the legs of the star-less nymph (outer band 07:45,
# µ{S1.13}) could be a star that faded completely. Or perhaps the
# star was not drawn because the label was written too low, overlapping
# intended position.
#
# A curious coincidence is that the two blots at 07:15 are followed
# by nymphs with "anomalous" stars (one of them faded or reduced to
# a low dot, the other held down by the nymph).
#
# The "narrow crown-like band" worn by some nymphs could be a
# shallow crown, beret, headband, curly hair, or a braided hairdo.
#
# The "tails" at the top of the diagram may be due to the stars
# having been drawn before the nymphs.
#
# References:
#
# [1] d'Imperio, page 7 (reported by Michael Roe).
#
# [2] Brumbaugh75, page 349 (reported by Michael Roe).
#
# Last edited on 1999-04-20 02:28:39 by stolfi