#   A circular diagram defined by three narrow concentric bands, each
#   delimited by two faint, mechanically drawn circles.
#
#   The innermost band is quite narrow, and empty. The middle and
#   outer bands contain each a ring of text, reading clockwise. The
#   text in the middle band (unit "R1") has a slightly wider word gap
#   at 06:00, and is interrupted at 08:30 by a black irregular spot.
#   (The same spot appears on the facing page f71r, quod videt.) The
#   text in the outer band (unit "R2") has a noticeably wider word gap
#   at 03:45. Both rings are penetrated at 10:30 by "stars"---see
#   below).
#
#   Inside the innermost band is a four-legged, hoofed animal
#   resembling a beardless goat. The animal has short fur (paintd
#   brownish-green), sharp horns that curve backwards, and a short and
#   chubby tail. It also seems to have a crest of short hairs running
#   along the spine, from head to tip of tail.
#
#   The animal is nibbling at a bush, standing on a scalloped (rocky?)
#   ground. Below the animal's belly is a non-Voynichese word. The
#   word could be transcribed as "ab^ril" in the Roman alphabet, where
#   the "^" stands for a small mark, resembling a superscript "h"
#   (confirmed by Rene [04 Apr 1999]).
#
#   In the broad space between the outer and middle bands there are 10
#   human figures, or "nymphs"; and 5 more in the space between the
#   middle and inner bands---or 15 nymphs in total. Each nymph is
#   standing (radially, with the head outwards) in frontal view, or
#   slightly turned towards the corresponding "star" (see below). All
#   nymphs look female; most have prominent breasts, and the two
#   exceptions (in frontal view) are rather poorly drawn, so the lack
#   of breasts is not conclusive.
#
#   Some of the nymphs are dressed, but the nipples and body outline
#   often show threough the dress. Most nymphs, even naked ones, wear
#   some kind of headgear (hat, veil, diadem, etc.)
#
#   Every nymph is standing inside an upright cylindrical container or
#   "barrel". In proportion to the nymph, the barrel is about two feet
#   wide, and has a "lip" a couple of inches wide. It usually reaches
#   up to the nymph's pelvis---sometimes bit lower, sometimes up to
#   her chest. Most of the barrels are decorated with distinctive
#   patterns of bars, dots, hatchings, circles, scales, etc.; but two
#   barrels have only a ring of dots, near the top edge, and three are
#   undecorated. The base of the barrel is hidden by the text band.
#   Rene reports [04 Apr 1999] that the tub in the outer ring at 05:00 has
#   green stripes and a blue floor.
#
#   Each nymph has a star or flower by her head; usually on the
#   clockwise side, with four exceptions (inner 00:00, 02:30, 05:00,
#   and outer 03:30). Some stars have wire-like tails or stems. The
#   star at 10:30 in the inner band has a thicker, distinctive tail,
#   like a banded snake. Moreover, the two stars at 10:30 (inner and
#   outer) intrude slightly into the surrounding text ring.
#
#   Some nymphs are holding their stars (by a ray or by the tail);
#   others are pointing at them; and some have both hands on the hips,
#   usually hidden by the barrel.
#
#   Between every two nymphs there is a one- or two-word label (units
#   "S1" and "S2"), reading clockwise. From the spacing, it would seem
#   that every label refers to the preceding nymph, going clockwise.
#
#   The following table summarizes the nymph and star attributes. The
#   "spos" column gives the position of the star relative to the
#   nymph: "cw" if clockwise, "ccw" if counterclockwise. The "deco"
#   column tells whether the barrel has "full" decoration, or just a
#   ring of "dots", or "no" decoration at all. The "dres" and "brst"
#   columns say whether the nymph is dressed and has visible female
#   breasts, respectively. The "hold" column says whether the nymph is
#   holding the star (by a ray, or by the tail if present).
#
#     band   label place deco dres brst spos tail hold notes
#     ------ ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------------------
#     inner  S1.1  10:30 full no   ?    cw   yes  no?  striped star tail
#     inner  S1.2  00:00 full no   yes  ccw  yes  no   
#     inner  S1.3  02:30 dot  yes  ?    ccw  yes  no        
#     inner  S1.4  04:00 no   yes  no   ccw  yes  no        
#     inner  S1.5  08:00 dot  yes  yes  cw   yes  no   
#
#     outer  S2.1  10:30 no   no   ?    cw   yes  yes  thicker star tail
#     outer  S2.2  00:00 no   no   yes  cw   no   yes  
#     outer  S2.3  01:30 full yes  no   cw   yes  no   
#     outer  S2.4  02:45 full yes  no   cw   no   yes       
#     outer  S2.5  03:45 full yes  ?    ccw  yes  no        
#     outer  S2.6  04:45 full yes  yes  cw   yes  no   
#     outer  S2.7  05:45 dot  yes  yes  cw   yes  no   
#     outer  S2.8  07:00 full no   yes  cw   yes  no   
#     outer  S2.9  08:00 full yes  yes  cw   no   yes  
#     outer  S2.10 09:00 full no   yes  cw   no   yes  
#
#   There is a mark "10^{mg}" at the lower right corner of the page. 
#   It is certainly a gathering mark (quire number), "10th" in
#   abbreviated Latin.
#
# Last edited on 1999-04-06 07:52:52 by stolfi
