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- Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:08 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript (2010 Jan 31)
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Re: The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript (2010 Jan 31)
Sagittarius (73v) is the last sign shown, but the page previous to it has a figure that definitely does not resemble the scorpion. An extra diagram over by Taurus is possibly Capricorn, misplaced. The scorpion is a relatively recent astrological symbol for Scorpio. In the 15th century this sign wou...
- Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:55 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript (2010 Jan 31)
- Replies: 238
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Re: The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript (2010 Jan 31)
Carbon dating tells us that this text originated between 1404 and 1438 which coincides with the Western Schism, a period in which three Popes - in Rome, Avignon and Pisa - vied for control of the Roman Catholic Church. This was "an interesting time" when it would be prudent to record arcan...