Page f73v
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Identification
Title: "Sagittarius"
Page: f73v = LB (Rene) = p144 (Stolfi)
Folio: f73
Panels: f73v
Bifolio: bL1 = f73+f74
Quire: L (Rene) = XII (Beinecke)
Attributes
Language: ? (Currier)
Hand: ? (Currier)
Subsets: Z (Rene), zod (Stolfi)
Subject: zodiac
Colors: ??? (Reeds)
Description
[To be checked and completed]
Six faint, mostly concentric, mechanically drawn circles delimit
three rings of text. At 09:30 there is a wider gap in the middle
ring and a radial stroke (a modern scribble on the copy?) cutting
across the outer ring. Rene [07 Apr 1999] reports that the
text seems to have been written with a sharper than average pen.
Inside the inner circle is a beardless human figure, apparently
smiling, walking Westward. The figure (possibly, but not
necessarily male) is wearing a hat with round rim and a long veil
or plume falling down the back, to the waist. He also wears a
shirt with ring collar and broad sleeves, closed at the wrist; a
flaring skirt, with heavy pleats, down to knee level; and boots to
mid-leg.
The figure is holding an armed crossbow, pointing forward and down.
Between the figure's feet is an almost illegible word, possibly
"oct" in lowercase Latin alphabet (with a "t" resembling EVA "c")
Between the rings of text, there are two bands of naked 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.
Most of them are female (with breasts and shoulder-long hair).
Each nymph is holding or pointing to a star.
There is a label just clockwise of each nymph.
Rene [07 Apr 1999] observes that there is some green printout
on this page, but it doesn't come from f75r.
Comments
References
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