Re: VMs: Re: [VMS] Goat vs. sheep, Sagittarius

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Pamela Richards <spirlhelix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi, Rene
> 
> You asked about whether the illustrator had confused
> Aries with Capricornus.  This raises as many
> problems
> than it sovles, because Capricornus is most often
> depicted with the back half of a fish.

My suggestion is only one of several possible
hypotheses :-)
However, as regards the goat-fish image, I have
seen many illustrations of capricornus from the
time period where the VMs is tentatively placed,
where it is a plain old four-legged goat-like
creature.
Here's a particularly nice example (although I cannot
judge from when it dates):

 http://seekers.100megs6.com/Capricorn.htm

It is nice because it also has a bush in front of it.
I find the comparison with especially the first
(dark) Aries in the VMs quite striking.

> Did you know there was a star in the constellatin
> Auriga called Capella, which is traditionally known
> as
> "the Little Goat?".  

Yes. I don't know from when this name dates,
and I've never seen it being represented as a
goat either.

Rene


		
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