Re: VMs: Astronomical Notes, Comments, and Replies

["Robert Teague" <rteague@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Grove wrote:

> "That the number/letter correspondences on f49v work for
> dates in the Astro section indicates that the Author didn't
> bother to create new characters for the numbers, just
> assigned them to letters, as shown in the alphabetic
> arrangement I posted the other day."
>
> You state this as a fact rather than as a theory here.

Perhaps I should write a bit more cautiously. Sorry if it bugs you;
it's just my writing style.

> The number/letter
> correspondences may appear to work on f49v for dates -- but that
> has not in fact been proven.

When I can find a date first, and the event diagrammed shows up in
that year and no other, it convinces me.

> It is still quite evident in my eyes that one
> can 'make' it look like a match to one of the millions of stellar
> events that have happened over time focusing in on the ones you want it to
> match.

I don't know how well-versed you are in astronomy, but I don't want to
seem condescending, so I ask forgiveness if this is elementary to you.

One limit we can place on the events depicted is that they are naked-eye.

Another is that they are rare. The four-planet alignment in the SE corner
of f67v2 is unique over the 400 years I checked.

The Moon/Mars alignment on f68r1 takes place in the Taurus/Aries part
of the sky, and those two constellations are treated differently. The
Moon/Saturn alignment on f68r2, and the Moon/Pleiades/Aldebaran
alignment of f68r3 (which are the same event) also take place in
Taurus/Aries.

There's a consistancy for you.

> The time lines for your dates seem a little 'late' in my view - but that
is only
> supposition on my part.

I've made no effort to direct the timeline--that's where the data went.

> I think you should certainly keep focusing on finding more matching date
> information, including day, month, year.

Yes, Larry Roux and I are collaborating on that.

> How come you haven't even ventured
> into the zodiac pages yet? With 30 'days' of data for each of the
available
> zodiacs - if your numbers work - a consistent pattern should reveal a
> consistent method to read the zodiac pages...

The zodiac pages will probably be the last ones I tackle.

Robert

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