Re: Re: VMs: Pleiades Occultation Further Date Refinement

["jan" <hurychj@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello  Ken,
 
you wrote:

  
>I don't contend that the stellar images in the VMS are catalogs I was just giving and example of what astronomy was like pre-telescope.  I think the drawings may be astrological/astronomical representations of; certain dates in some cases, certain events, or symbolically significant alignments.  

Yes, quite possible.

> The question of distinction between planets and stars brings up a question for me - did the Beinecke ever post new scans of f68r1,2 and 3?  Now that I'm looking more closely at a f68r3 I want a color version.  Never seeing a color image of f68r3, I would guess that there is some distinction between stars and planets based on the color.  (unless, of course, the theory that the colors were added later is true)

I still could not find the color copy.
 
The way I read it, the top label is referring to the group of stars while the lower label somehow is referencing the curved line leading to the moon.

>Quite possible, too, while takahashi lists both "words" among stars. By the way, what could be the meaning of that line?   

Jan



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