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Larry Roux
Syracuse
University
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Using the number-letter
correspondences on f49v has
proven to be invaluable to translating the
astronomical
diagrams.
EVA <okol> translates as 1615, and is
found in three
places on f68r2: the fourth word in the third line of
text
across the top; by the Moon's right eye, and by the
planet's right
eye. It is also found above the Moon's
right eye on
f68r3.
Examination of the night sky of that year has revealed
that
f68r2 depicts a Moon/Saturn alignment on
30 December 1615.
f68r3
shows the Moon in relationship to the Pleiades
on that same night. In
contrast to my earlier statements,
the star behind the Pleiades IS
Aldebaran, and the wavy
line connecting the Moon to the cluster means that
it
WILL occult them the next night.
Saturn is in Pisces, and the
Moon in Aries. Somebody
versed in astrology might want to check this.
I have made a jpeg with lables for those interested.
The
success of using the numbers in finding the depicted
astronomical events on
the above and other folios provides
strong evidence that we now have a
partial list of
Voynichese numbers:
#
EVA
0 f?
1 o
2
r
3 y
4 e
5
' l
6 t
7
s a
8 ?
9
?
Characters for 0, 8, and 9 have so far proven elusive.
In
addition, we now have labels for the Pleiades and
Aldebaran. NOTE: Allen's
"Star Names" does not give a
five-letter name for the Pleiades with the 2nd
and
5th letters
identical.
Robert
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