Page information on f72r3
Parsable information
| Illustration type: |
Zodiac |
| Quire: |
K |
| Page in quire: |
E |
| Currier language: |
unknown |
| Currier hand: |
unknown |
| Has non-Voynich text: |
no |
| Has key-like sequence: |
no |
| Has extraneous writing: |
no |
Descriptive comments
Last edited on 1998-10-31 01:45:09 by stolfi
Identification
Identification
| Title: |
"Cancer" |
| Page: |
f72r3 = KE (Rene) = p139 (Stolfi) |
| Folio: |
f72 |
| Panels: |
f72r3, f72r4 |
| Bifolio: |
bK1 = f71+f72 |
| Quire: |
K (Rene) = XI (Beinecke) |
This page spans the two outermost recto panels of an eight-panel
fold-out. (The outermost panel is about 1/3 the width of a normal
one.)
Attributes
Attributes
| Language: |
? (Currier) |
| Hand: |
? (Currier) |
| Subsets: |
Z (Rene), zod (Stolfi) |
| Subject: |
zodiac |
| Colors: |
??? (Reeds) |
Description
(Beware that the scanned image is upside down.)
Four concentric rings of text (units "C1" through "C4", from
outside in), bounded by eight faint mechanically drawn circles,
roughly centered on the page. Circles 5 and 6 (from the outside)
are spaced apart almost twice as much as the other pairs. The
outermost text ring runs over the crease on the left side of the
panel, and into the diagram of f72r2; for that reason the text is
interrupted between 08:00 and 10:00. The middle ring of text has a
decorated "notched square" at 09:00, and the innermost text ring
has a wider word break at 08:55.
In the centre there is a pair of lobster-like creatures seen from
above. The one at the top is light-colored and facing East, the
bottom one is dark and facing West. Below them is a non-Voynichese
word, in a heavier hand than the other text in the page.
The rings of text delimit three circular bands, containing (from
outside in) respectively 12, 11, and 7 human figures or "nymphs",
i.e. 30 in total. There is a label just clockwise of each figure
(text units "Z", "Y", "X", from outside in).
Some figures are hardly visible due to the poor copy quality. All
figures seem to be naked, except for occasional headgear (hat,
bonnet, diadem, and one crown). They are standing (radially, with
the head outwards), in 3/4 view (between frontal and facing
clockwise). Some have visible breasts, some don't. Most are
holding a star with the right hand; the left hand is generally on
the hip. Some stars have "tails".
The following table summarizes the nymph and star attributes. Here
"cw" means clockwise, "ccw" counterclockwise. The "brst" column
says whether the figure has visible female breasts.
band label place tail dir brst notes
------- ----- ----- ---- --- ---- ------------------------------
outer Z.1 10:00 yes cw ?
outer Z.2 10:30 yes cw yes
outer Z.3 11:00 yes cw no right hand holding ring?
outer Z.4 00:00 no cw no
outer Z.5 00:45 no cw no
outer Z.6 01:30 yes cw yes
outer Z.7 02:15 yes cw yes
outer Z.8 03:45 yes cw yes
outer Z.9 05:00 yes cw yes
outer Z.10 06:15 yes cw yes
outer Z.11 07:00 no cw yes
outer Z.12 08:00 yes cw ?
middle Y.1 10:00 yes ccw no
middle Y.2 11:00 yes cw yes
middle Y.3 00:00 no cw ?
middle Y.4 01:00 no cw no
middle Y.5 01:45 yes cw yes
middle Y.6 02:30 no cw ?
middle Y.7 03:15 ? cw yes
middle Y.8 05:00 yes cw yes
middle Y.9 06:30 yes cw yes
middle Y.10 08:00 yes cw yes
middle Y.11 08:45 ? cw yes
inner X.1 09:30 no cw yes
inner X.2 10:30 no cw yes
inner X.3 00:00 no cw yes
inner X.4 01:15 no cw ?
inner X.5 03:05 yes cw yes crowned
inner X.6 06:00 yes cw yes
inner X.7 07:30 yes cw yes
Comments
The two lobsters are probably a symbol for Cancer.
Cancer is July 7 to August 11 (?).
Note the switch from two bands of nymphs + overflow (as in f72r2)
to three bands of figures.
The decorated square suggests the text rings are to be read
starting at 09:00 or so.
Transcriptions
All transcriptions are given in basic (lowercase) EVA. Use the extractor to get transcriptions in another format.
Unit: "outermost text ring"
Takeshi Takahashi:
| <f72r3.R1.1;H> |
ok{fold}eey. cheky. oteo. ykeey. chedaiin. okeeol. cheeor. chocthar. ar. oteody. oteedy. okeolaiin. oteey. okarar. ***{fold}*dy- {gap}sheol. al. alaiiin. okeos. olaiin. okos. okeo*ar. otes. sar. aiin. chekaithhy. chokees. oteedy. chekar. okar. ch*. ches. os. oiin. okeeey. cheey. ches. oteody. cheal. dy. shocthy. choteey. ereoly. oheol. sheey. chorain= {fold} |
Jorge Stolfi:
| <f72r3.R1.1;U> |
ok{fold}**y. choky. okes. ykeey. chedaiin. okeeol. che*or. *orchear. a*. otchdy. o*eolaiin. oteey. okar, or{fold}- {gap}sheol. al. araiiin. okeor. alaiin. o*or***. opey. chokar. ot***. **. **ar. **ar. **- {fold}**r. **r. **. ***. ch**. ***s. o*. ody. chealdy. chocthy. chs. **. **ol. ch*ol. sh*. *oraii*= {fold} |
Unit: "Labels on stars, Cancer, outer ring"
Takeshi Takahashi:
| <f72r3.S1.1;H> |
ykolairol= |
| <f72r3.S1.2;H> |
olkalaiin= |
| <f72r3.S1.3;H> |
olalsy= |
| <f72r3.S1.4;H> |
or. aiin. am= |
| <f72r3.S1.5;H> |
os. as. sheeen= |
| <f72r3.S1.6;H> |
otosaiin= |
| <f72r3.S1.7;H> |
opoiisooin. al. aes= |
| <f72r3.S1.8;H> |
ypaiin. aloly= |
| <f72r3.S1.9;H> |
oteey. daiin= |
| <f72r3.S1.10;H> |
oeeeodaiin= |
| <f72r3.S1.11;H> |
ofsholdy= |
| <f72r3.S1.12;H> |
opoeey. okaiin= |
Jorge Stolfi:
| <f72r3.S1.1;U> |
ykalairal= |
| <f72r3.S1.2;U> |
olkalaiin= |
| <f72r3.S1.3;U> |
olalsy= |
| <f72r3.S1.4;U> |
oraiin, am= |
| <f72r3.S1.5;U> |
or, arsheee*= |
| <f72r3.S1.6;U> |
oto*saiin= |
| <f72r3.S1.9;U> |
otchy, daiin= |
| <f72r3.S1.10;U> |
oeeodaiin= |
| <f72r3.S1.11;U> |
ofsholdy= |
John Grove:
| <f72r3.S1.1;V> |
ykalairal= {Grove's #1, star with tail} |
| <f72r3.S1.2;V> |
olkalaiin= {Grove's #2, male?, star with tail} |
| <f72r3.S1.3;V> |
olalsy= {Grove's #3, male?, right hand holding ring?, star with tail} |
| <f72r3.S1.4;V> |
oraiinam= {Grove's #4, male?} |
| <f72r3.S1.5;V> |
osarsheee*= {Grove's #5, male?} |
| <f72r3.S1.6;V> |
otaneaiin= {Grove's #6, star with tail} |
| <f72r3.S1.7;V> |
opaiiinainal. yes= {Grove's #7, star with tail} |
| <f72r3.S1.8;V> |
ypaiin. alaly= {Grove's #8, star with tail} |
| <f72r3.S1.9;V> |
otchy. daiin= {Grove's #9, star with tail} |
| <f72r3.S1.10;V> |
oeeodaiin= {Grove's #10, star with tail} |
| <f72r3.S1.11;V> |
ofsholdy= {Grove's #11} |
| <f72r3.S1.12;V> |
oteey. okaiin= {Grove's #12, star with tail} |
Unit: "second-outermost text ring"
Takeshi Takahashi:
| <f72r3.R2.1;H> |
otochedy. otal. okoey. sheedy. oteodar. ykeolal. ya. r. oteos. cheolaiin. ykeeoly. otaiin. shear. oiin. or- {fold}o*. *o*a. sheokeor. oteody. oekes. otees. oeteos. dotsey. se**or{fold}. oteol. shol. cheem. okeody. sheol. shey. sheysy. sho. teey. cheor. yoeteey. okeeoy. chy. okeeo. ykoly= |
Jorge Stolfi:
| <f72r3.R2.1;U> |
***dy. oto*. okchy. che**y. oteodar. ykeolol. *air. oteos. cheo, l, aiin. okeealy. otaiin. shear. *ain. *- {fold}kea*. cheo. *ar. oteeody. **. o***. ot**. ***. ot**{fold}. oteol. chol. ***. o***. ch***. ch*a*. cheo*. s*. chot*. ***. o**. ***. **. okeeo. ytoly= |
Unit: "Labels on stars, Cancer, middle"
Takeshi Takahashi:
| <f72r3.S2.1;H> |
olfsheoral= |
| <f72r3.S2.2;H> |
or. alkam= |
| <f72r3.S2.3;H> |
ytairal= |
| <f72r3.S2.4;H> |
oeees. aiin= |
| <f72r3.S2.5;H> |
ory= |
| <f72r3.S2.6;H> |
ochey. fydy= |
| <f72r3.S2.7;H> |
ofais. o. seesaly= |
| <f72r3.S2.8;H> |
ykairaiin. oiral= |
| <f72r3.S2.9;H> |
okalar= |
| <f72r3.S2.10;H> |
orara= |
| <f72r3.S2.11;H> |
oeaiin. olaikhy= |
Jorge Stolfi:
| <f72r3.S2.2;U> |
aralkam= |
| <f72r3.S2.3;U> |
ytairal= |
| <f72r3.S2.4;U> |
oeeesaiin= |
| <f72r3.S2.5;U> |
***= |
| <f72r3.S2.6;U> |
oshey. fydy= |
| <f72r3.S2.7;U> |
***ly= |
| <f72r3.S2.8;U> |
***ral= |
| <f72r3.S2.9;U> |
okal= |
| <f72r3.S2.10;U> |
***r*= |
| <f72r3.S2.11;U> |
olaiin. olackhy= |
John Grove:
| <f72r3.S2.1;V> |
olfsheoral= {Grove's #1, facing left, male?, star with tail} |
| <f72r3.S2.2;V> |
aralkam= {Grove's #2, star with tail} |
| <f72r3.S2.3;V> |
ytairal= {Grove's #3, male?} |
| <f72r3.S2.4;V> |
oeeesaiin= {Grove's #4, male?} |
| <f72r3.S2.5;V> |
ory= {Grove's #5, star with tail} |
| <f72r3.S2.6;V> |
oshey. fydy= {Grove's #6} |
| <f72r3.S2.7;V> |
of**. sheesaly= {Grove's #7} |
| <f72r3.S2.8;V> |
ykairaiin. airal= {Grove's #8, star with tail} |
| <f72r3.S2.9;V> |
okalair= {Grove's #9, star with tail} |
| <f72r3.S2.10;V> |
orary= {Grove's #10, star with tail} |
| <f72r3.S2.11;V> |
olaiin. olackhy= {Grove's #11} |
Unit: "third text ring, from outside in"
Takeshi Takahashi:
| <f72r3.R3.1;H> |
oteey. arary. eeer. chem. shses. opcholalaiin. oteeor. am. sheal. otaipchy. oteees. ar. am. olaiin. otedas. olol. choty. oteol. sheshdy. chedy. chedy. dy. shes. eedy. sheol. chy. ckhol- |
Jorge Stolfi:
| <f72r3.R3.1;U> |
ot**y. ar. ***. ***. ***. opchol, al, aiin. otchor, am. sheal. okaipshy. oteeesar, am. olaiin. o**d**. olor. *choty. ***. sh**do. ch***. chedy. dy. **r. **d*. cheol. ***y. shol- |
Unit: "Labels on stars, Cancer, inner ring"
Takeshi Takahashi:
| <f72r3.S3.1;H> |
oletal= |
| <f72r3.S3.2;H> |
opalal= |
| <f72r3.S3.3;H> |
yfary= |
| <f72r3.S3.4;H> |
osaiisal= |
| <f72r3.S3.5;H> |
ytoar. shor= |
| <f72r3.S3.6;H> |
octho= |
| <f72r3.S3.7;H> |
oral= |
Jorge Stolfi:
John Grove:
| <f72r3.S3.1;V> |
oletal= {Grove's #1} |
| <f72r3.S3.2;V> |
opalal= {Grove's #2} |
| <f72r3.S3.3;V> |
ypary= {Grove's #3} |
| <f72r3.S3.4;V> |
osaiiral= {Grove's #4, male?} |
| <f72r3.S3.5;V> |
ytoar. shar= {Grove's #5, crowned, 1st star with tail} |
| <f72r3.S3.6;V> |
octho= {Grove's #6, 2nd star with tail} |
| <f72r3.S3.7;V> |
aral= {Grove's #7, 3rd star with tail} |
Unit: "fourth (innermost) text ring"
Takeshi Takahashi:
| <f72r3.R4.1;H> |
okeos. aiin. olaiin. oraiin. octheol. arl. okeeody. oteos. aiin. koly- |
Jorge Stolfi:
| <f72r3.R4.1;U> |
oke***, **n. ola*. oraiin. octheol. ***. ***. ot**o*. a**. *tol- |