Page f68r3

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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 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 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 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 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

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