14-07-2020, 01:51 PM
What is further notable is that the number of stars in this diagram roughly corresponds to the number of large plant folios in the VMS.
The number of large plant folios in Quires 1-8 is 113. If we reasonably suppose that the missing folios 12r/v also contained large plants, then the number is 115.
Also, three bifolios are lost in Q8, but it is not known whether all of them contained plants, since this is the section of the MS where plants begin to interleave with text-only and diagrams. At most, these would add 6 more large plants, totalling to 121.
Later sections of the MS contain 16 more large plants.
Neglecting two missing quires 16 and 18, of which content nothing is known, we calculate the number of large plant folios as 129 confirmed and up to 129+8 = 137 potentially.
Returning to the diagram, the number of small stars is 114, the number of large stars is 21, thus 135 in total.
The number of large plant folios in Quires 1-8 is 113. If we reasonably suppose that the missing folios 12r/v also contained large plants, then the number is 115.
Also, three bifolios are lost in Q8, but it is not known whether all of them contained plants, since this is the section of the MS where plants begin to interleave with text-only and diagrams. At most, these would add 6 more large plants, totalling to 121.
Later sections of the MS contain 16 more large plants.
Neglecting two missing quires 16 and 18, of which content nothing is known, we calculate the number of large plant folios as 129 confirmed and up to 129+8 = 137 potentially.
Returning to the diagram, the number of small stars is 114, the number of large stars is 21, thus 135 in total.