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by John Kierein
Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:59 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Voynich manuscript discussion: 2005 January 22
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I found the script of the travel show I saw: "But the mysterious highlight is this 15th-century magic circle: 12 red and 12 white stones — the white ones with various constellations marked. Back then on a child's baptism day, the parents would stop here first for a good exorcism. The exorcist w...
by John Kierein
Wed Jan 26, 2005 9:46 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Voynich manuscript discussion: 2005 January 22
Replies: 280
Views: 158821

I happened to view a PBS travel show. They were visiting Arcos de la Frontera in Spain. They showed a tile pattern on the floor of the plaza in front of a church. It looked remarkably like this! Twelve spokes each with a star pattern. There was a local custom associated with it. It may have been on ...