Re: Cambridge meeting

[Zandbergen@xxxxxxxxxxx (Rene Zandbergen)]

Gabriel wrote earlier, after his Cambridge meeting:

> [...] J. Field, suggested to look into the maps used for the
> astrolabes (sp?) and compare them to the star maps in the vms.
> My feeling is that the diagrams in the vms are very low tech
> compared to real navigation maps, but we should look into those as
> well.

There are two illustrations in the VMs which migh be compared to
the star layout on astrolabes. Both contain scattered labelled 
stars in a circular araa. A positive match would mean that
the stars on one (or both) of these pages are actually depictions
of known (and named) stars. It is not all that unlikely, but
my first reaction is that someone should have found this before.
(Not a very good argument, though)

Cheers, Rene