{$I=A $Q=I $P=J} # Last edited on 1998-12-26 16:38:12 by stolfi # # Identification: # # Title: ??? # Page: f68v1 = IJ (Rene) = p128 (Stolfi) # Folio: f68 # Panels: f68v1 # Bifolio: bI1 = f67+f68 # Quire: I (Rene) = IX (Beinecke) # # This page is the innermost verso panel of an eight-panel fold-out. # # Attributes: # # Language: ? (Currier) # Hand: ? (Currier) # Subsets: A (Rene), cos (Stolfi) # Subject: astronomical # Colors: blue(vanes),yellow(stars) (Reeds) # # Description: # # The page contains only a circular diagram, framed by two faint # mechanically drawn circles, each surrounded by a ring of text. # # The whole is surrounded by another thin circle, about 1cm further # out, that begins looking mechanically drawn but at some point # wanders off and fails to close on itself, as if the fixed leg of the # compass had skipped a bit. (However, this outermost circle may be a # modern scribble on the copy.) # # A thick radial stroke at 10:30 connects this outermost circle to the # next one, through the gap between two words of the outer text ring. # Another pair of thick radial strokes at 10:00 connects the second # and third circles, breaking the second text ring. # # At the center of the diagram is a sun, with narrow flipped # S-shaped rays and a human face (with neutral expression, straight # hair combed back at the sides, held by a narrow headband with # dots.) # # Surrounding the sun is a "starry windmill": a fat star with # serrated outline, consisting of 16 sectors shaped like narrow # kites, each split radially into a "light" (clockwise) half, with a # dotted line and some small stars, and a "dark" half, painted with # a solid dark color. Clockwise from the 10:00 point, the light # half-sectors contain the following counts of stars: # # 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 5 5 5 # * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * # * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * # * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * # * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * # * * * * * * * * * * # * * * * * * # * * # # All told there are 66 stars. (But the star count of 7 in the 06:30 # sector may be an 8. # # Thin radial lines connect each point of the star to the # inner edge of the frame. The 16 sectors defined by these lines # are alternatingly filled with unnamed stars, or labeled with # a radial text line, reading outwards. Clockwise from the # 10:00 ray, the sectors contain the following counts: # # 8 7 7 8 9 9 8 7 # * * * * * * * * # * * * * * * * * # * * * * * * * * # * * * * * * * * # * * * * * * * * # * * * * * * * * # * * * * * * * * # * * * * * # * * # # There are 63 stars in total. # # There is a comet-tail-like object behind one of the stars in # the 03:00 sector. # # Comments: # # It is not clear whether the "start here" strokes at 10:00-10:30 # are original, or modern guesses scribbled on the copy. If the # latter, then they seem wrong, because those word gaps are quite # ordinary and not aligned. # # Another possible starting place is at 01:15, where both rings have # aligned, extra-wide word breaks. # # On the other hand, the EVA "p" on the the 10:30 radial line suggests # that that is indeed the first line. # # The center figure is probably female. # # Note that the small and large star counts are almost the same (67 # and 63); perhaps 64 was the intended number. Note also that the # small star counts are unimodal. The big star counts would be # unimodal too if the 11:00 sector had 7 stars, or the 09:30 sector # had 8. The latter seems more likely as it would have bumped the # number of big stars to 64. In both sequences the minimum is around # 01:10 (the aligned breaks!) and the maximum around 07:00. # # The "tail" in the 03:00 sector may mean that one of the stars is a comet. # # ## {} # Circular text around diagram # Last edited on 1998-12-08 23:20:55 by stolfi # # "U" transcription by J. Stolfi from scanned image # "V" transcription by John Grove. # # The transcription below goes clockwise from the aligned gaps at 01:15. # John Grove used the radial stroke at 10:30, but it may not be original. # ees.aiir.ol.cho.aiin.ykeeykeey.shes.chotey.y!keey.s{&S}ses.aiin.okeyteey.cthody. ches!okeeoteody.choikh!y.otol.okeody.sheos.chkorchy.dy.dy.shety.oteey.dair.chote dy.chey.dal.daiin.dakeey.shes.ol.keey.shey.chteey.sheely.shes.yeed.shokeolls. ees.aiir.ol.cho!aiin.ykeeykeey.shes.chotey.y,keey.s!!!!hes.aiin.okeykeey.cthody. ches,ykchoteody.chockhey.otol.okeody.sheos.chkorchy.dy.dy.shety.!***y.dair.chote dy.chey.dal.daiin.dokeey.shes.ol!keey.shey.chteey.sheely.shes.yeem.shokeolls. ees.aiir.ol.cho.aiin.ykeeykeey.shir.chotey.y.keey.s!!!!hes.aiin.okeyteey.cthody. ches!okchoteody.chockh!y.otol.okeody.sheos.chkorchy.dy.dy.shety.oteey.dair.chote dy.chey.dal.daiin.dckhey.shes.ol!keey.shey.chteey.sheely.shes.yeed.shokeolls.{Gr ove's R1} # # sho.yteod.oteeol.okeeos.or.chos.or.ock{&K}o.aiin.chol.ykeey.sheo.s.cheo!ekeey.ch eodaiir.cheekchey.chkeody.otchy.teeos.sh.cheo.eky.okey.doleed.s.aly.oteotey.otec hs.opai!n.chear.s.oteey.dain.dy!checkhy.oteeos.oteol.okeos!.okeeody. sho.yteod.oteeol.okeeor.or.chos.or.oct!!!!o!aiin.chol.ykeey.sheo.s.cheo,ckhey.ch eodaiir.cheekchey.chkeody.otchy.teeor.sh.cheo!eky.otey.dola!d.r,oly.cthotey.otec hs.opai!n.chear.s.oteey.dain.dy,checkhy.oteeos.oteol.okeor!.okeeody. sho.yteod.oteeol.oteeos.or.chos.or.ock!!!!o.aiin.chol.ykeey.sheo.s.cheo!ckhey.ch eodaiir.cheekchey.chkeody.okchy.teeos.sh.cheo.eky.otoy.daleed.r.aly.oteotey.otea !r.opoiin.chear!s.oteey.dain.dy!checkhy.oteeos.oteol.oteoss.oteeody.{Grove's R2} # # ## {} # Radial titles, outer sectors # Last edited on 1998-12-08 23:25:26 by stolfi # # "V" transcription by J. Grove # "U" transcription by J. Stolfi from scanned image # # Transcription clockwise from double radial stroke at 10:00 # # Weirdos: # &r = attached to the previous char.. # dair.cpche!ty.dy= dair,!pcheety.dy= dair!!pche!ty.dy={Grove's X.1} # sair.arolsas!!!!= sair.arolser{&r}= sair.aroyser{&r}={Grove's X.2} # oteeos.araly= oteeor.arany= oteeos.arany={Grove's X.3} # okechdaral= okechdaral= okechdarol={Grove's X.4} # otol.chcs.otaly= otol.ches.otaly= otol.chcs.otaly={Grove's X.5} # okeey.ch.ek.chekeys= okeey.ch!ek.chekeys= okeey.ch!ek.chekeys={Grove's X.6} # dar.shes.shokey= dar.shes.shokey= dar.shes.shokey={Grove's X.7} # oteodain.sar= oteodain.sam= oteodain.sam={Grove's X.8} #