This latest reference (Post #123) really blows the lid off of things. Hard to believe the location, let alone the date. It's before Sacrobosco. And the planetary orbits aren't exactly concentric. Where did that idea come from?
The main question is planetary placement in relation to the signs of the zodiac. All four examples of the 'dispersed' patterns place the planet Mars in zodiac sign of Aries. After that it's three out of four for the Moon in Cancer and for Jupiter in Sagittarius, with the new English example as odd man out in both cases.
Several other odd thigs: The animal faces on the back of Cancer. Who's that Virgo? And two planets, Saturn and the Moon, in the zodiac sign of Capricorn. Which makes this another unique pattern of planetary dispersal.
It seems that the two newer examples [1494, Leipzig and 1482, Venice] are the ones that fit best with the "standard" astrological connections, and they are most similar, differing only in the placement of Mercury, while the other two older examples [1425/28 Cod. sang. and c. 1000 England] are increasingly more diverse. What would be the motivation for these more diverse versions?
The use of a 4-1-1-1 pattern in the VMs would seem to express a strong conformity with astrological interpretation. It's not possible to say how this pattern similarity of the VMs with 1494 Leipzig might affect VMs chronology, other than the supposition that astrological conformity apparently implies something newer.
The main question is planetary placement in relation to the signs of the zodiac. All four examples of the 'dispersed' patterns place the planet Mars in zodiac sign of Aries. After that it's three out of four for the Moon in Cancer and for Jupiter in Sagittarius, with the new English example as odd man out in both cases.
Several other odd thigs: The animal faces on the back of Cancer. Who's that Virgo? And two planets, Saturn and the Moon, in the zodiac sign of Capricorn. Which makes this another unique pattern of planetary dispersal.
It seems that the two newer examples [1494, Leipzig and 1482, Venice] are the ones that fit best with the "standard" astrological connections, and they are most similar, differing only in the placement of Mercury, while the other two older examples [1425/28 Cod. sang. and c. 1000 England] are increasingly more diverse. What would be the motivation for these more diverse versions?
The use of a 4-1-1-1 pattern in the VMs would seem to express a strong conformity with astrological interpretation. It's not possible to say how this pattern similarity of the VMs with 1494 Leipzig might affect VMs chronology, other than the supposition that astrological conformity apparently implies something newer.