VMs: Re: Cappelli's abbreviations

["Larry Roux" <LRoux@xxxxxxx>]

I was reading my copy of Allen's Star Names and 2 things struck me when I was reading the section on Leo

1) The babalonian word for Leo was Aru.  That reminded me of the words I found in the "erased" text on August "de Lapara".  Could para be a word for lion in a language I don't know?  Or maybe Lapara for leopard?

2) There is a sentence: " The symbol [meaning the astrological symbol for Leo] has been supposed to portray the animal's mane, but seems more appropriate to the other extremity; the Hyginus of 1488 and the Albumasar of 1489 showing this latter member [the tail] of extraordinary length, twisting between the hind legs and over the back" which is a very good description of the "lion" in f72v3 (August).

I will try and find copies of the pictures from those 2 books if I can.  Perhaps the picture based upon that of one of those two.






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Larry Roux
Syracuse University
lroux@xxxxxxx
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