# # Identification: # # * Title: "The Pleiades" # * Page: f68r3 = IG (Rene) = p125 (Stolfi) # * Folio: f68 # * Panels: f68r3 + f68r4 # * Bifolio: bI1 = f67+f68 # * Quire: I (Rene) = IX (Beinecke) # # This page comprises the two outermost recto panels (f68r3 and f68r4) # of an eight-panel fold-out. # # Attributes: # # * Language: ? (Currier) # * Hand: ? (Currier) # * Subsets: A (Rene), cos (Stolfi) # * Subject: astronomical # * Colors: yellow(stars) (Reeds) # # Description: # # A circular diagram, centerd on the page. The diagram is framed by # a band of text (unit µ{C1}) between two faint mechanically drawn # circles, with no distinguished gap. # # At the center there is a bored-looking round face, surrounded by a # band of text (unit µ{C2}). # # The space between the inner and outer bands is divided into eight # sectors by radial text lines---vertical, horizontal, and at 45 # degrees (unit µ{R}). All lines read inward, so some are # upside-down. # # Sectors 11:00, 02:00, 05:00, and 08:00 are filled with unnamed stars. # # Sectors 10:00, 01:00, 04:00, and 07:00 contain respectively 1, 2, # 3, and 4 stars, each with a label (unit µ{X}). Sector 10:00 contains # also a 7-star cluster, with a single label (line "X.1"). # # A curved line ("tail") connects the cluster to the moon at the center; # it too has a label (line "X.2"). # # Rene [04 Apr 1999] observes that the page is marked "c" with # pencil on the upper left corner. # # Comments: # # The face probably represents the Moon. It seems to be a woman. # # The seven-star cluster can only be the Pleiades. So perhaps # "doaro" means "Pleiades" in Voynichese? # # References: # # # Last edited on DATE TIME by USER