VMs: Re: astro-nymphs?

[sylvia.baumer@xxxxxxxx]

I'm pretty new in my research, so I didn't find anyhing about the text written in inner circle of the zodiacs.
I'm pretty sure that in each is the month of the 2nd decade of the zodiac. In one discription of Rene I found something about may.

besides the pisces there is 'mars' which is french for march, and libra has octobre which is october, scorpius has novembre, leo might have auôt which means august. All ofcourse not in the origin voynich hand.

where may I find more about this fact?

regs

Sylvia

----- Original Nachricht ----
Von:     Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>
An:      "Voynich Ms. mailing list" <voynich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Datum:   17.06.02 13:42
Betreff: VMs:  Re: astro-nymphs?

> 
> --- "Rafal T. Prinke" <rafalp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> [...]
>  
> > I went back to have a look at the image that was
> > discussed a few years (?) ago - and IIRC you
> > brought it to our attention then. I mean the
> > image from a Byzantine version  of Ptolemy dated
> > to the year 820 (at least that is what the caption
> > in Kenton's _Astrology. The Celestial Mirror_ says).
> 
> The dating is correct. The MS is from the reign of
> Leo V.
>  
> > The innermost circle (around the figure of Helios in
> > his chariot) contains naked nymphs much like those
> > in the VMS. The outer ring of inscriptions is quite
> > obvious (even to me) and contains Roman names of
> > months in Greek letters. But the inner ring puzzles
> > me - especially as most labels seem to start with
> > the same letters (again - much as in many VMS
> > labels). 
> 
> They are indeed of extreme interest for us.
> All labels start with a Greek omega and rho
> superimposed, meaning 'hour'. Then follows
> one of two symbols, either a capital N for night
> or one which looks a bit like a capital M,
> for day. The colour of the nymph (light/dark) is
> corresponding. Then follow some Greek digits
> indicating a time (hours and tens of minutes).
> Note that the month name in the outer ring also 
> includes a date. The date and time together give
> the time that the Sun enters the corresponding
> zodiac sign. It has been possible to compute from
> these that the illustration again refers to the 
> start of the 9th Century. This was first computed
> (incorrectly) by Boll in 1899 and then correctly
> by van der Waerden in 1954. Unfortunately, I do
> not have a copy of the the latter publication. 
> 
> I have long thought that the zodiac labels in
> the VMs could include a similar code.
> Obviously ( :-) ) I haven't cracked it yet....
> 
> Cheers, Rene
> 
> 
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