{$I=C $Q=J $P=A} # Last edited on 1998-10-20 03:49:20 by stolfi # # Identification: # # Title: ??? # Page: f69r = JA (Rene) = p129 (Stolfi) # Folio: f69 # Panels: f69r # Bifolio: bJ1 = f69+f70 # Quire: J (Rene) = X (Beinecke) # # Attributes: # # Language: ? (Currier) # Hand: ? (Currier) # Subsets: C (Rene), cos (Stolfi) # Subject: cosmological # Colors: green-blue(pipes),yellow(stars) (Reeds) # # Description: # # The page contains a circular diagram, under a single paragraph # (unit "P") with 3.9 lines. # # The diagram is bounded by a faint mechanically drawn circle. Just # inside it is a circular band of text (unit "C"), reading clockwise. # This text is divided into 16 sectors; see below for details. # # Most of the area inside the diagram is occupied by a flower-like # figure. The core of the flower is a thin mechanically drawn # circle, containing a star with six narrow, pointed arms. Each arm # has three coloured bands near the point. # # The rays of the star divide the interior of the circle into six # unequal sectors, each labeled with a Voynichese letter (unit "W"). # There is no obvious starting place. # # Surrounding the central disk is a band of text (unit "S"), with a # discernible gap at 10:00. Surrounding the text is another thin # mechanically drawn circle, slightly eccentric. # # Sprouting from the second circle are 45 thin radial lines ("flower # stalks"), extending almost all the way to the outer text band, each # of them terminating in an object that looks like a shallow conical # cup (perhaps a stylized flower, resembling a California poppy). # The "flowers" touch each other, forming a continuous ring. # # The 45 sectors defined by the flower stalks are alternatingly # "empty" and filled with 22 radial lines of text (unit "R"), # reading outwards. This leaves two adjacent empty sectors at 02:00. # The first of these two empty sectors (going clockwise) is cut by # an extra radial line that passes between the two flower cups and # extends all the way to the outer circle. The clockwise half of # this sector is is decorated with abstract patterns. # # Some of the "empty" sectors have a stripe of dark paint, displaced # to one side. There are 12 dark stripes, starting with the 3rd # sector after the decorated "marker", and then spaced # # 2,4,4,2,4,6,2,4,6,2,4 # # sectors apart (always clockwise). # # The space between the "ring of flowers" and the outer circle is # divided into sixteen sectors by another set of radial lines, thin # and wavy. These lines divide the outer band of text into sixteen # phrases, each containing a few whole words. One of these lines is # the extra radial line at 02:00, that defined the decorated band. # The other fifteen lines start at the flower ring, either between # two adjacent flowers (13 cases) or at the middle of a flower (2 # cases). These lines thus divide the "flower ring" too into # sections, which, clockwise from the "start marker" line contain # # 2, 2, 2.5, 3.5, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3.5, 3.5, 3, 3, 2, 3 # # flower cups. # # Comments: # # The dark stripes in some sectors may have been the result of the # hypothetical "Dark Painter" mistaking the spaces between the # radial lines by solid cylinders, and tried to shade them # accordingly. Unfortunately that "obvious" interpretation is # excluded when one looks closely at how the radial lines connect to # the "cups". Of course the "shadows" have made the error easier to # make. # # There is no obvious place to start reading the letters between # the star arms; but if one starts at 11:00 (the smallest sector) # the letters spell out "dolsedy"; which may be an unexpected # splitting of "dolshdy", a rather common word. # # The radial lines and the outer text probably start at the # decorated band at 02:00. On the other hand, the decorated band may # be just a filler addded to patch up a mistake (the attempt to fit # an alternating pattern into an odd number of sectors). # ## {} # Text paragraph above diagram. # Last edited on 1998-12-09 17:32:28 by stolfi # # "U" transcription by J. Stolfi from scanned image # # Weirdos: # # &ct = long with a attached to the tip of the ligature, # well above the baseline. # tcheeos.shey.opaiin.chey.shey.qokeea!shdy.ol.ot.otal.sar- tcheeos.shey.opaiin.chey.shey.qokeey.shdy.ol.ot.otal.sar- tcheeos.shey.opaiin.chey.shey.qokeey,shdy.ol.ot.otal.sar- # daiin.shey.okaiin.shkechy.sheey.tey.chy.cthy.otol.cham- daiin.shey.okaiin.shk!chy.sheey.tey.chy.cthy.otol.cham- daiin.shey.okaiin.shkechy.sheey.tey,chy.cthy.otol.cham- # sheos!aiin.ct!!!!ar.choetey.okal.chy.ykar.ytchey.cheotam- sheos!aiin.ct!!!har.che!tey.okal.chy.ykar.ytchey.cheotam- sheos,aiin.*{&ct}ar.choetey.okal.chy.ykar.ytchey.cheotam- # y!cheo.r!aiin.ychey.otaiin.okchor.yty.chkal.shol= y!cheo.r!aiin.ychey!otaiin.okchor.yty.chkal.shol= y,cheo!s,aiin.ychey.otaiin.okchor.yty.chkal.shol= # ## {} # Outer ring of text # Last edited on 1998-12-08 23:56:37 by stolfi # # "U" transcription by J. Stolfi from scanned image # "V" transcription by John Grove # # Transcribed clockwise from decorated wedge at 02:00 # Breaks "-" are the wriggly sector-dividing lines. # # shy.cht!air!y- shy.chtches,y- shy.chtches!y-{Grove's S5} # yt!oetear- yt,oeteor- yt.oeteor-{Grove's S6} # ytey.cholam- ytey.cholam- ytey.cholam-{Grove's S7} # dair.ar.yteey.chdy- dair.ar.yteey.chdy- dair.ar.yteey.chdy-{Grove's S8} # okair.os.air- okair.os,air- okair.os.air-{Grove's S9} # chy.to.s.aly- chy,to,s,aly- chy.to.s.aly-{Grove's S10} # chetar.ar.aly- chetar.ar,aly- chetar.ar!aly-{Grove's S11} # dalr.al.ody- dair.al,ody- dair.al!ody-{Grove's S12} # dal.daiin.otolam- dal.daiin.otolam- dal.daiin.otolam-{Grove's S13} # ytcheody!tor- ytcheody,tor- ytcheody,tor-{Grove's S14} # oteos.cho!p.ota!ky- oteos.choep.otacky- oteos.cho!p.otaik*-{Grove's S15} # ar.odain.chtaly- ar.odair.chtaly- ar.odair.chtaly-{Grove's S16} # oto.dar.archol- oto,dar.arshol- oto.dai.archol-{Grove's S1} # okeeo.chey.dy- oteey.chey,dy- okeeo.chey.dy-{Grove's S2} # dcho!char.ar- dcho!char,ar- dcho.char.ar-{Grove's S19} # ytal.air.al- ytal,air,al- ytal!ain.al-{Grove's S20} # # ## {} # Radial lines between "flower stalks" # Last edited on 1998-12-27 23:51:19 by stolfi # # "U" transcription by J. Stolfi from scanned image # "V" transcription by John Grove # # Transcribed clockwise from decorated wedge at 02:00. # # Here is the approximate correspondence between radial lines ("R") # and sectors in the outer text ring ("C"). However many radial lines # are aligned with sector boundary. # # R1 C2 # R2 C3 # R3 C3 # R4 C4 # R5 C5 # R6 C6 # R7 C6 # R8 C7 # R9 C8 # R10 C9 # R11 C9 # R12 C10 # R13 C10 # R14 C11 # R15 C11 # R16 C12 # R17 C13 # R18 C13 # R19 C14 # R20 C15 # R21 C15 # R22 C16 # okch!octhy.okar.ar= ok**,octhy.otar.ar= okee!octhy.okar.ar= # cheg.ar.itho!r.ary= chey.ar.ctho!r,ary= chey.ar.ctho.r.ary= # sair.chekey.dairam= *air.chekey.sairam= !air.chekey.sairam= # okcho.dal.oka!r.a!r= okeeo.dal.oka!r.a!r= okcho.dal.okchr.chs= # sol.aiir.okey!tam= sol.aiir.okey,tam= sol.aiir.okey.tam= # okeos.ar.alg= okeos.ar,old= okeos.ar.ald= # docheeo.kody.sar= docheeo.kody.sar= docheey.kody.sar= # dchokey.shkchody.al= dchokey.shkchody,al= dchokey.shkchody.al= # chor.al.ylcho.ral= chor.al.ylchy.ral= chor.al.alchy.ral= # soir.al.okody.otedy= sain.al.okody.otedy= sair.al.okody.otedy= # okody.cheody.sar= okody.cheody.sar= okody.cheody.sar= # chokeod.okeea= chokeod.okeey= chokeod.okeey= # dkochy.cthody.dy= dkochy.cthody.dy= okochy.cthody.dy= # chodchy.chotal= chodchy.chotal= chodchy.chotal= # okeo.sho.qotam= okeo,sho,qotam= okeo.sho.qotam= # okeodar.oteody= okeodar.oteody= okeodar.oteody= # ykeeos.al.dair.dar= ykeeos.al,dair,dar= ykeeos.al.dair.dar= # ykeey.dal.oky= ykeey.dal.oky= okeey.dal.oky= # doly.dal.dar.chyky= doly.dal.dar.chyky= doly.dal.dar.chyky= # okchol.qokol.dalo= oke!ol.qokol.daly= okchol.qokol.dalo= # ykechody.otar= okecho**.otar= ykechody.otar= # dar!y.dar.aloly= dar,y.dar.aloly= dar!y.dar.aloly= # ## {} # Inner ring of text # Last edited on 1998-12-09 17:33:47 by stolfi # # "U" transcription by J. Stolfi from scanned image # "V" transcription by John Grove # # Transcribed clockwise from wider gap at 10:00 # oko!eese.dain!key.ochs.cheor.yteey.o!kcheo.dar.cho.okchos.al.aiin= okcheesy.dain,key.oees.cheor.yteey.o,kee!o,dar.cho.okeeor.al.aiin= okcheese.daii!key.oees.chear.yteey.o!keeeo!dar.cho.okchos.al.aiin= # ## {} # Letter labels on central disk sectors (between star arms). # Last edited on 1998-12-24 21:20:13 by stolfi # # "U" transcription by J. Stolfi from scanned image # "V" transcription by John Grove # # Transcribed clockwise from smallest wedge at 11:00 # d- d- d- # o- o- o- # l- l- l- # s- s- s- # em!!!!!!!!!!!!- ed!!!!!!!!!!!!- ed{not quite?}- # y- y- y- #