Page f68r2

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Identification

  Title: "Moon over Sun"
  Page: f68r2 = IF (Rene) = p124 (Stolfi)
  Folio: f68
  Panels: f68r2
  Bifolio: bI1 = f67+f68
  Quire: I (Rene) = IX (Beinecke)

  This is the second-innermost recto panel of an eight-panel fold-out.

Attributes

  Language: ? (Currier)
  Hand: ? (Currier)
  Subsets: A (Rene), cos (Stolfi)
  Subject: astronomical
  Colors: yellow(most_stars),blue(some_stars) (Reeds), blue(bottom_faces) (Rene)

Description

  A circular diagram centered on the page, surmounted by a paragraph
  with 5.0 lines (unit"P"). The bottom line is interrupted by the
  diagram.

  The diagram is framed by a large ring of 23 unlabeled stars. The
  ring is divided into two arcs with 11 stars on the left, 12 on the
  right.

  The starry ring is filled with 36 stars of various sizes, all bigger
  than the border stars, randomly placed. Of them, 24 (perhaps 25)
  have a label (unit S).

  At the top, within the large circle, is a smaller circle with a
  human face and moon-like shadow in the middle, and a ring of
  Voynich text around the circumference (unit U). The moon has a human face
  with neutral expression.

  At the bottom, within the large circle, is a smaller circle with a
  sun in the middle and a ring of Voynich text around the
  circumference (unit L). The sun has a human face, with some hair
  over the temple.

  Rene [04 Apr 1999] observes that the page is marked "b" with
  pencil on the upper left corner[???].

Comments

  The two medallions presumably represent the Sun and Moon. Compare
  this diagram with the previous one (f68r1), which is visible at
  the left when the foldout is open.

References

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