Page f68r2
[f68r1] [index] [f68r3]
Identification
Title: "Moon over Sun"
Page: f68r2 = IF (Rene) = p124 (Stolfi)
Folio: f68
Panels: f68r2
Bifolio: bI1 = f67+f68
Quire: I (Rene) = IX (Beinecke)
This is the second-innermost recto panel of an eight-panel fold-out.
Attributes
Language: ? (Currier)
Hand: ? (Currier)
Subsets: A (Rene), cos (Stolfi)
Subject: astronomical
Colors: yellow(most_stars),blue(some_stars) (Reeds), blue(bottom_faces) (Rene)
Description
A circular diagram centered on the page, surmounted by a paragraph
with 5.0 lines (unit"P"). The bottom line is interrupted by the
diagram.
The diagram is framed by a large ring of 23 unlabeled stars. The
ring is divided into two arcs with 11 stars on the left, 12 on the
right.
The starry ring is filled with 36 stars of various sizes, all bigger
than the border stars, randomly placed. Of them, 24 (perhaps 25)
have a label (unit S).
At the top, within the large circle, is a smaller circle with a
human face and moon-like shadow in the middle, and a ring of
Voynich text around the circumference (unit U). The moon has a human face
with neutral expression.
At the bottom, within the large circle, is a smaller circle with a
sun in the middle and a ring of Voynich text around the
circumference (unit L). The sun has a human face, with some hair
over the temple.
Rene [04 Apr 1999] observes that the page is marked "b" with
pencil on the upper left corner[???].
Comments
The two medallions presumably represent the Sun and Moon. Compare
this diagram with the previous one (f68r1), which is visible at
the left when the foldout is open.
References
[f68r1] [index] [f68r3]