Page f71v
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Identification
Title: "Taurus light"
Page: f71v = KB (Rene) = p136 (Stolfi)
Folio: f71
Panels: f71v
Bifolio: bK1 = f71+f72
Quire: K (Rene) = XI (Beinecke)
Newbold calls this folio 79.
Roe, 8th September 1993
Machine translated from a transcription in Bennett notation of 26/04/90
Attributes
Language: ? (Currier)
Hand: ? (Currier)
Subsets: Z (Rene), zod (Stolfi)
Subject: zodiac
Colors: red(lots),green(some) (Reeds), red(bull,dresses),green(food,floor,some_hats) (Rene)
Description
Three concentric rings of text, bounded by faint mechanically drawn
circles. A wider gap in the outer ring at 10:30 may be the
starting place.
In the centre is a bull-like animal (male, horned), painted red,
eating from a manger. The ground and the food are painted green.
Below the animal is the word ``May'' in the Roman alphabet, with a
hat over the "y" (confirmed by Rene [04 Apr 1999]).
Between the inner ring of text and the middle ring are five human
figures or "nymphs", each standing in a barrel, waist deep,
holding a star. One is naked, four are clothed. The barrel at
00:00 is ribbed.
Between the middle ring and the outer ring are 10 human figures,
each in a barrel, waist deep, holding a star. Two are naked, eight
are clothed (in red). Some have hats (some of them green).
Most figures have visible breasts. All figures have their right
hand inside the barrel.
Clockwise from each figure there is a short label.
Rene reports [04 Apr 1999] that the vellum ofthis folio is thinner
than average.
Comments
The animal at the center is probably a bull, the astrological
symbol for Taurus. Taurus is April 20th to May 20th.
The general appearance of the page is light, in contrast to the
dark Taurus, f72r1.
References
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