VMS: Circles (?VMs: Seeress of Prevorst?)

[knoxmix@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

    On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 at 23:07:52 +0200
    Re. VMs: Seeress of Prevorst
    Elmar wrote:

    Well, it's a circle for sure...

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On f57v, two circles can be defined by six-pointed stars 
circumscribed by the outer circle. That could be attributable to the 
templates that were available at the local office supply but it got 
me interested.

How were circles drawn? I read some discussion about that but could 
not find a conclusion. I am guessing it was done with a set of round 
protractors, notched to the center. Something that could be rotated 
to mark the vellum would be better. Envision a lead bowl with a hole 
in a depressed center and two short handlebars (patent pending). 

The posture of the arms of the nymphs on f57v look suspiciously 
contrived. I placed dots on their shoulders, elbows, and hands. One 
appears to be holding something the size of a tennis ball so I put a 
dot there, too. Then I extended lines from rows of dots and connected 
various points I thought might be significant. Some lines did 
intersect at the outer circumference, at various other existing 
lines, and with each other. Most did nothing I could construe as 
auspicious.  More imagination, more points, and a broader pen might 
do the trick. Seriously, though, a lot of effort could be spent if 
one assumes that the freehand figures have points of reference even 
though the overall appearances and positions are asymmetrical. 

Has anyone discovered anything by drawing lines on the pages?

Ciao .............. Knox

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