Dr. Vladimir Sazonov, 19.9.2005
The Star Section (f102 - f116) is a calendar of 365(366) days, starting from the 1-st of January. Each star corresponds to a day.
Below is the table having the calendar distribution by folios and by stars. I believe in this hypothesis because the The following markers in the text:
(1) The starting star of f105r is selected and has an large comment with unusual gallows. It marks probably 29 February.
(2) Between 21 March and 22 March in f106r a small star without text is inserted. It can mark the equinox.
(3) The star of 23 September is moved to the right. It can also mark the the equinox.
(4) Layout of the star section is so, that the beginning of the month is preferable ( 1 Jan, 1 Jul?, 1 Aug, 1 Oct, 1 Nov)
Very important now is to find the exact correspondence between 365(366) days of the star section with 365(366) days in the zodiac section (f70 - f74).
The Zodiac Section starts from March, and January/February is
missed, probably in f74. The Zodiac Section has
the following number of stars:
March - 31, April - 30, May - 30 , June - 30, July - 30, August - 30, September
- 31, November - 31, December - 30, it can not exactly correspond to calendar
months, but to some artificial "moon phases" or zodiacal movement of
the sun.
Corresponding of articles of the Star Section to the days of the dear
| Page | Stars | From | To | Comment |
| f103r | 19 | 1 Jan | 19 Jan | 7 dark, 12 light, started with dark no tails |
| f103v | 14 | 20 Jan | 2 Feb | regular changes dark(dotted)/light, started with dark. no tails. |
| f104r | 13 | 3 Feb | 15 Feb | mostly regular changes dark/light, started with dark. with tails.(3-4 double-dark.) |
| f104v | 13 | 16 Feb | 28 feb | (discontinue)regular changes dark(dotted)/light, started with dark. with tails. |
| f105r | 10 | 29 Feb | 9 Mar | (discontinue)The first star is selected, large article (29
feb?), dotted as se second star Mostly regular changes dark(dotted)/light, started with dark. with tails. |
| f105v | 10 | 10 Mar | 19 Mar | (discontinue)regular changes dark(dotted)/light, started with dark. with tails. |
| f106r | 15 | 20 Mar | 3 Apr | A small additional dotted star between 21 and 22 March means "Equinox"
(not counted) regular changes dark(dotted)/light, started with dark. with tails. |
| f106v | 14 | 4 Apr | 17 Apr | regular changes dark(dotted)/light, started with light. with tails. |
| f107r | 15 | 18 Apr | 2 May | (discontinue)regular changes dark(dotted)/light, started with dark. with tails. |
| f107v | 15 | 3 May | 17 May | (discontinue)regular changes dark(dotted)/light, started with dark. with tails. |
| f108r | 16 | 18 May | 2 Jun | 5 dark, 11 light, started with light, 2 (dotted light) with tails |
| f108v | 16 | 3 Jun | 18 Jun | mostly regular changes dark/light, started with dark.
with tails.(8-9 two light, 9-dotted) 170 stars from 1 Jan |
| f109r | 12 ? | 19 Jun | 30 Jun? | missed |
| f109v | 10 ? | 1 Jul? | 10 Jul? | missed |
| f110r | 10 ? | 11 Jul? | 20 Jul? | missed |
| f110v | 11 ? | 21 Jul? | 31 Jul | missed |
| f111r | 17 | 1 Aug | 17 Aug | 153 stars to the end regular changes dark(dotted)/light, started with dark. with tails. |
| f111v | 19 | 18 Aug | 5 Sept | (discontinue)regular changes dark(dotted)/light, started with dark. with tails. |
| f112r | 12 | 6 Sept | 17 Sept | (discontinue)regular changes dark(dotted)/light, started with dark. with tails. |
| f112v | 13 | 18 Sept | 30 Sept | 23 Sept-star is slight moved regular changes dark(dotted)/light,
started with dark. with tails. |
| f113r | 16 | 1 Oct | 16 Oct | 23 Sept-star is slight moved regular changes dark(dotted)/light, started with light. with tails. |
| f113v | 15 | 17 Oct | 31 Oct | (discontinue)regular changes dark(dotted)/light, started with dark. with tails. |
| f114r | 13 | 1 Nov | 13 Nov | (discontinue)regular changes dark(dotted)/light, started with dark. with tails. |
| f114v | 12 | 14 Nov | 25 Nov | regular changes dark(dotted)/light, started with light. with tails. |
| f115r | 13 | 26 Nov | 8 Dec | (discontinue)mostly regular changes dark(dotted)/light,
started with dark. with tails. 5-6 is double |
| f115v | 13 | 9 Dec | 21 Dec | regular changes dark(dotted)/light, started with light. with tails. |
| f116r | 10 | 22 Dec | 31 Dec | regular changes dark(dotted)/light, started with light.
no tails. Additional text after |
Alternative possibilities
(1) The first star of f105r means not "29 feb", but "1 March",
then, here is the start of calendar, corresponding the Zodiacal Section. In this case the Equinox
is before 21 March. This possibility keeps also the preference of
starting of a months at the beginning of a page...
:(2) The small star in f106r can correspond an additional day correction
(29 Feb)