Quire 20: f103-116 : stars in margin
Quire 20: Pages f103-116 : counting stars in margin
f103r: 19 stars
f103v: 14
f104r: 13
f104v: 13
f105r: 10 (incl 1 on top of page)
f105v:10
f106r: 15 (+1 tiny star)
f106v: 14
f107r: 15 (… three little dots near star)
f107v: 15
f108r: 16
f108v: 16
f111r: 17
f111v: 19
f112r: 12
f112v: 13 (first two paragraphs = first two stars, are indented)
f113r: 16
f113v: 15
f114r: 13
f114v: 12
f115r: 13
f115v: 13
f116r: 10 + afterword.
Number of pages: 23
Thoughts
23/24 = letters of the alphabet ?
23/24 = hours of the day
Stars: amount of stars in zodiac/ constellations?
Stars: paragraphs?: no. There are also pieces that have more stars than paragraphs, or less.
Pages Rearranged:
Assuming that the afterword is indeed the last page:
f103r: 19 stars in margin
f111v: 19
f111r: 17
f108r: 16
f108v: 16
f113r: 16
f106r: 15 (+1 tiny star)
f113v: 15
f107r: 15 (… three little dots near star)
f107v: 15
f103v: 14
f106v: 14
f112v: 13 (first two paragraphs = first two stars, are indented)
f114r: 13
f115r: 13
f115v: 13
f104r: 13
f104v: 13
f114v: 12
f112r: 12
f105r: 10 (incl 1 on top of page)
f105v:10
f116r: 10 + afterword.
Testcase: linking the pages to zodiac stars
Now i took 2 different pictures and counted the stars in them:
| starcount | AVG | ||
| aquarius | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| capricorn | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| sagittarius | 20 | 22 | 21 |
| scorpio | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| libra | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| virgo | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| leo | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| cancer | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| gemini | 11 | 13 | 12 |
| taurus | 12 | 11 | 12 |
| aries | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| pisces | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| sorted | |
| aries | 4 |
| cancer | 5 |
| libra | 8 |
| leo | 9 |
| capricorn | 11 |
| taurus | 12 |
| gemini | 12 |
| aquarius | 13 |
| virgo | 13 |
| scorpio | 15 |
| pisces | 17 |
| sagittarius | 21 |
Assuming we need 2 pages to be connected to a zodiac for 20 pages or 10 zodiac, then there are pages left and 2 zodiacs. Difficulty here arises, because i do not know if the order of the pages is original or not.
For example we could get:
| starcount | zodiac | zodiac stars | ||
| f105r: 10 (incl 1 on top of page) | 10 | ?? | aries | 4 |
| f105v: 10 | 10 | ?? | cancer | 5 |
| f116r: 10 + afterword. | 10 | ??? | ||
| f112r: 12 | 12 | libra | 8 | |
| f112v: 13 (first two paragraphs = first two stars) | 13 | |||
| f104r: 13 | 13 | leo | 9 | |
| f104v: 13 | 13 | |||
| f114v: 12 | 12 | capricorn | 11 | |
| f114r: 13 | 13 | |||
| f115r: 13 | 13 | taurus | 12 | |
| f115v: 13 | 13 | |||
| f103v: 14 | 14 | ??? | ||
| f106v: 14 | 14 | gemini | 12 | |
| f106r: 15 (+1 tiny star) | 15 | |||
| f107r: 15 (… three little dots near star) | 15 | aquarius | 13 | |
| f107v: 15 | 15 | |||
| f113v: 15 | 15 | virgo | 13 | |
| f113r: 16 | 16 | |||
| f108r: 16 | 16 | scorpio | 15 | |
| f108v: 16 | 16 | |||
| f111r: 17 | 17 | pisces | 17 | |
| f103r: 19 stars | 19 | sagittarius | 21 | |
| f111v: 19 | 19 |
Q: Are there words on these pages exclusively that are
also words / labels on the ‘zodiac-pages’ in the VMS?
