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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)
#
#   D'Imperio figure 10, page 88 (center).
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# Attributes:
#
#   * Language: ? (Currier)
#   * Hand: ? (Currier)
#   * Subsets: Z (Rene), zod (Stolfi)
#   * Subject: zodiac
#   * Colors: ??? (Reeds)
#
# Description:
#
#   Six faint, mostly concentric, mechanically drawn circles delimit
#   three rings of text (units 程R1}, 程R2}, 程R3}, outside-in). There
#   is a wider gap in the middle ring at 09:30, and faint radial
#   strokes cutting across the three rings at 09:00, 09:30, and 09:30,
#   inner to outer. Rene [07 Apr 1999] reports that the text in the 
#   rings seems to have been written with a sharper than average pen.
#
#   Inside the inner circle is a beardless human figure, possibly male
#   (but not obviously so), apparently smiling, walking Westward.
#   The figure has a pointy chin and a dark smudge behind the head.
# 
#   The figure is wearing a hat with round rim and a long veil or
#   plume falling down his back to waist level. He is also wearing a
#   shirt with ring collar and broad sleeves, closed at the wrist; a
#   flaring skirt, with heavy pleats and scalloped rim, down to knee
#   level; and pointed boots, reaching up to mid-leg.
#
#   The figure has on his right hand an armed crossbow, which is
#   pointing foward and a bit down. The crossbow's butt is hidden by
#   the archer's right arm. The left arm is stretched foward and down
#   too; the left hand seems to be open, palm up and thumb forward,
#   next to the right hand. The "barrel" of the crossbow is an
#   inch-wide bar, ending with a round bulb just under the bow's
#   attachment point. The barrel is supported by a rectangular board,
#   about two inches wide. The bow has uniform thichness for most of
#   its length, and then suddenly narrows down to wire-like
#   extensions, bent forward. The arrow has a large tip, which
#   intrudes into the inner text ring, sporting short triangular
#   "wings" near the shaft; and a compact, bulbous tail.
#
#   Between the figure's feet is an almost illegible word, possibly
#   "oct2..." in lowercase Roman letters (with a "t" resembling EVA "c",
#   and the "2" as a small superscipt).  The word may continue over the 
#   archer's boots, but cannot be read.
#
#   Between the rings of text, there are two bands of naked female
#   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. There are extra-wide gaps in the inner band at 10:30, and in
#   the outer band at 11:00.
#
#   All of the nymphs are in 3/4 view, facing clockwise. All have full
#   breasts (except perhaps the one in the second-innermost band at
#   01:00). Most have light hair, shoulder-long or longer. None have
#   hats, but some have a narrow crown-like band on top of the head.
#
#   Almost every nymph has the right arm bent backwards, with the hand
#   resting on her back, buttock, waist, thigh, or hip; however four
#   nymphs have the right arm stretched back and down. The feet are
#   generally hidden behind the text ring, but sometimes visible.
#
#   Almost every nymph is holding a star by one of the rays, with her
#   left hand, slightly above her head. One exception is the inner
#   band nymph at 08:00, which is holding the star low, near the
#   ground. That star is partly behind a donut-like object right in
#   front and to the left of her left knee. Another exception is the
#   outer band nymph at 07:45, which has no left arm and no star.
#   Also, three of the nymphs at the top are holding the respective
#   stars by wire-like tails. The stars are proportionately about a
#   foot in diameter, with triangular rays and a dark center.
#
#   In front (clockwise) of the nymph without star (outer 07:45),
#   there is a dark spot near the ground, and faint smudges on either
#   side of her head. There may be also small moons next to the elbow
#   of that nymph and the following one (outer 08:30).
#
#   The star held by the outer 07:15 nymph is almost entirely covered
#   by an ink blot; a smaller blot covers the face of the inner 07:15
#   nymph.
#
#   There are two horizontal barrels, about a foot wide and three feet
#   long, lying on the ground behind the first two nymphs at the top
#   of the diagram. The barrels are crudely drawn, with strokes of
#   uneven thickness, and undecorated. The left end of each barrel seems
#   to be closer to the viewer.  
#
#   There may be something drawn between the 2nd and 3rd nymphs 
#   (11:30 and 00:00) at the top of the diagram.
#
#   There is a label just clockwise of each nymph (units 程S0}, 程S1},
#   程S2}, outside-in).
#
#   The following table summarizes the nymph attributes. The "rays"
#   column is the number of rays in each star; a "t" means that the
#   star has a tail. The "hand" column gives the position of the right
#   hand; a hour figure measn that the right arm is held more or less
#   straight, in that direction relative to the nymph.
#
#     band  label place hand  rays notes
#     ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ----------------------
#     inner S2.1  11:30 hip    9     
#     inner S2.2  00:30 hip    9     
#     inner S2.3  01:30 hip    7    
#     inner S2.4  02:45 07:00  7   
#     inner S2.5  03:45 waist  7   
#     inner S2.6  05:00 hip    7   
#     inner S2.7  06:00 hip    8   
#     inner S2.8  07:15 hip    8   face blotted out
#     inner S2.9  08:00 hip    7?  star held down, donut
#     inner S2.10 09:30 butt   7   
#                                 
#     outer S1.1  10:15 08:30  8   
#     outer S1.2  10:45 butt   8                  
#     outer S1.3  11:30 butt   8   crownlet               
#     outer S1.4  00:15 butt?  9                  
#     outer S1.5  00:45 thigh  9                  
#     outer S1.6  01:15 hip    7   no breasts?    
#     outer S1.7  01:45 07:30  8   
#     outer S1.8  02:30 hip    7   crownlet
#     outer S1.9  03:15 butt   7   
#     outer S1.10 04:15 butt?  8   
#     outer S1.11 05:00 waist  9   
#     outer S1.12 06:15 hip    8   
#     outer S1.13 07:15 hip    ?   star blotted out
#     outer S1.14 07:45 back   -   no star; spot & moon
#     outer S1.15 08:30 hip    7   
#     outer S1.16 09:30 hip    7   
#                                 
#     top   S0.1  11:00 butt   7 t short tail
#     top   S0.2  11:30 hip    7   
#     top   S0.3  00:00 hip?   8?t short tail
#     top   S0.4  00:30 hip    6?t long tail
#
#   There seem to be very faint drawings outside the diagram,
#   particularly in the broad bottom margin.
# 
#   Rene [07 Apr 1999] observes that there is some green printout
#   on this page, but it doesn't come from f75r.
#
# Comments:
#
#   It is not clear whether the radial strokes in the inner and outer
#   test rings are modern or original.
#
#   The archer's pointy chin may be a light beard, and the smudge
#   behind his head may be hair. Someone has identified the figure's
#   hat as a fifteenth century Florentine archer's hat [1,2].
#
#   The dark spot near the legs of the star-less nymph (outer band 07:45, 
#   程S1.13}) could be a star that faded completely.  Or perhaps the
#   star was not drawn because the label was written too low, overlapping
#   intended position.
#
#   A curious coincidence is that the two blots at 07:15 are followed
#   by nymphs with "anomalous" stars (one of them faded or reduced to
#   a low dot, the other held down by the nymph).
#
#   The "narrow crown-like band" worn by some nymphs could be a
#   shallow crown, beret, headband, curly hair, or a braided hairdo.
#
#   The "tails" at the top of the diagram may be due to the stars
#   having been drawn before the nymphs.
#
# References:
#
#   [1] d'Imperio, page 7 (reported by Michael Roe).
#   
#   [2] Brumbaugh75, page 349 (reported by Michael Roe).
#   
# Last edited on 1999-04-20 02:28:39 by stolfi