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Hi Jean
Thank you for the link! About the twofold nature of
(at least?) Aries and Taurus, I can only come up with two possible explanations:
either a) These months are related to some magical festivals, special dates etc.
that cause the month to be divided into a "day" and a "night" part; or b) These
months are related to the moon diagram on page f67r2, and a leap month/leap days
denoted by red moons can only occur on these months...
The figure next to the moon diagram on p. f67r1
could easily be related to a lunar calendar with a 30 day month: 12+9+9=30; i.e.
the single stars would be counted only once.
Of course, then also the moon diagram could be read
in cycles so that leap months would only come in certain years... I believe that
the colouring is original work by the VMs author and he did not make a mistake
in colouring - had he made a mistake he could have used additional colours to
make his intentions clear, but he chose to leave the page as it is.
Marianna
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