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# Identification:
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#   * Title: "The seven planets"
#   * Page: f67r2 = IB (Rene) = p120 (Stolfi)
#   * Folio: f67
#   * Panels: f67r2
#   * Bifolio: bI1 = f67+f68
#   * Quire: I (Rene) = IX (Beinecke)
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#   This is the outermost recto panel of a four-panel fold-out.
#   Also listed as page 124
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# Attributes:
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#   * Language: ? (Currier)
#   * Hand: ? (Currier)
#   * Subsets: A (Rene), cos (Stolfi)
#   * Subject: astronomical
#   * Colors: tan,red(some_writing) (Reeds), brick+yellow(moons),red(2nd_text_line) (Rene)
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# Description:
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#   A circular diagram, defined by 7 concentric mechanically drawn
#   circles.
#
#   Circles 1 and 2 (from the outside in) define a narrow band of
#   decoration, consisting of 24 copies of a "scroll"-like or
#   "resistor"-like object, divided into two or more segments, each
#   filled with radial hatchings (straight or curved) or round dots.
#   Some segments resemble the "notched square" design; some are
#   painted with faint transparent yellow. Circles 3 and 4 define
#   another narrow empty band; same for circles 6 and 7.
#
#   Between circles 2 and 3 there is a band of dark vivid red text,
#   consisting of 12 phrases separated by wide gaps (unit 程Y}). They
#   don't line up perfectly with inner sectors (see below), but appear
#   to be spaced as if the intent was there.
#
#   Between circles 4 and 5 there is a broad band, divided into 12 sectors
#   by straight radial lines, unevenly spaced. Each sector contains two or
#   three lines of text, reading clockwise, with straight or curved
#   baselines (unit 程C}).
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#   Near the bottom (innner) edge of each sector there is a round moon with
#   crescent shadow and human face, facing clockwise. Seven of the moons
#   have a label just above (i.e. outwards of) them (unit 程L}). Some moons
#   are painted yellow, some dark red (apparently the same ink as outermost
#   text ring).
#
#   This table shows the number of lines in units 程C} and 程L} and the
#   moon colours (light/medium/dark), starting from 08:30:
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#     O'clock      08: 09: 10: 11:   00: 01: 02: 03:   04: 05: 06: 07: (+:30)
#     Number       #01 #02 #03 #04   #05 #06 #07 #08   #09 #10 #11 #12
#
#     程C} lines   3.5 2.0 3.0 3.0   2.5 2.0 2.0 2.0   2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
#     程L} labels  --  lab --  lab   --  lab lab lab   lab --  --  lab
#     colours      yel red yel red   yel red yel red   yel red yel red
#     size         med sml sml sml   med med sml big   sml sml med med 
#
#   Between circles 5 and 6 there is a single row of text, containing 12
#   labels (unit 程X}), apparently associated with the sectors and/or
#   moons in the band above.
#
#   Inside circle 7 there is another ring of text, with 8 erratically spaced
#   labels (unit 程Z}).
#
#   At the center of the diagram there is an eight-pointed star/flower,
#   painted light yellow, with a row of dots along the middle of each arm.
#   In the background, nested between each pair of consecutive arms there is
#   a valentine-like design with some dots inside. Around this ring of
#   valentines there is a circle with serrated outline; the whole looks like
#   a sliced orange, about half as wide as the star. The 8 arms of the star
#   are not particularly aligned with the 8 labels of the innermost text
#   circle. The star arm at 08:30 has a dotted tail extending out between
#   two labels.
#
#   Below the diagram there is a paragraph of text (unit 程P}) with
#   3.0 rows, delimited by four thin straight lines. According to John
#   Grove these are only lines in the MS that are ruled. The center
#   line of text is in the same dark red ink as the outermost text ring.
#   
#   Next to the top edge of the page, there is a lowercase "b", turned
#   90 degrees clockwise. Rene [04 Apr 1999] reports that the "b" is in
#   pencil.
#
#   At 10:30, a little outside the outermost decorated band, there is
#   a sign that looks like the digit "4", apparently in the same ink
#   as the rest of the text.
#
# Comments:
#
#   It is possible that the text in all the sectors between radial
#   lines 10:00 and 5:00 comprises a single paragraph with three and a
#   half lines. The same can be said of the remaining sectors.
#
#   Robert Firth once suggested that the seven named moons may be the
#   the seven Ptolemaic planets.
#
#   Since line 2 of the paragraph is colored, each line is probably
#   a separate sentence.
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# References:
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# Last edited on 2000-07-03 18:51:35 by stolfi