VMs: Re: Byzantine astrology

["Rafal T. Prinke" <rafalp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nick,

> Title: The schemata of the stars. Byzantine astronomy from A.D. 1300. E.A.
> Paschos, P. Sotiroudis

> I can check it out next time I'm going in - nymphs aside, is there anything
> specific you'd like me (or anyone else) to look for in it?

Signs of the Zodiac - especially Saggittarius with a crossbow.

BTW: Just found this page on Greek shorthand:

   http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ikon/greekligs.html

Also abbreviations at:

   http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ikon/greekabb.html

Hmm... It might perhaps be worthwhile to check the source quoted there:

Bernhard Abraham van Groningen, Short Manual of Greek Palaeography,
(Leiden: 1940) 

Best regards,

Rafal