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Page: f67v1   "Happy sun"

The page contains only a circular diagram. At the center there is
a large sun with 18 narrow undulating rays (with two of them
joined; see below). The sun has a face with a short "frame" beard,
broad smile, crossed eyes, a skullcap. At the temples, two locks
of light wavy hair escape from under the cap.

There are 17 short titles radiating out of the center, towards the
diagram's outer frame (unit "Y"). Each of these radial titles
starts near the tip of a sun ray, except for the title at 02:00,
which is connected by thin wavy lines to the tips of two sun rays,
at 02:00 and 02:30. The text reads outwards, so it is upside down
from 06:30 through 11:30.

In each sector between consecutive radial titles there are from
one to four stars, 39 in total. Clockwise from the double sun ray,
the counts per sector are

*
* * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
3 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2

Around the diagram there is a narrow band divided into segments, 6
at the top and 6 at the bottom. The band has wide gaps at left and
right, where it gets too near the margin. Each segment contains a
label enclosed in a decorative frame (unit "X").

Comments:

The double ray may be where the stext starts. This guess is
supported by the line-initial EVA "p". (There is another "p" at
04:15 and an "f" at 06:30, but they are not line-initial.)

It is not certain that the labels in the outer band are
associated with the rays. The gap on the left side is
definitely empty, and that on the right appears to be so.
Thus there are only 12, or at most 14, labels in the band.

The decoration in the outer band includes 24 copies of the
"notched square" symbol, with double vertical edges.


Paragraph: X
Labels around outer band
\
Numbered clockwise from double ray at 02:00

The original line numbers were assigned by J.Stolfi
starting from 10:30; they were reassigned on Oct/1998
to match Grove's numbering, and the radial line numbers
in unit "Y".

at 02:00 (double sun ray; last visible label in top half)

1 H dch*sy!kchy!!!!!

gap next to right edge (binding gutter)

There seems to be no label at 03:05; it would have been <f67v1.X.2>

There seems to be no label at 03:30; it would have been <f67v1.X.3>

at 04:05 (first visible label in bottom half)

4 H ykeodar

At 04:45
5 H dechoe!kol

At 05:30
6 H ockh!o!sam

At 06:30
7 H kochar!dy

At 07:15
8 H ochodare

At 07:45
9 H ols aiin!y

(gap next to left margin)

There seems to be no label at 08:30; it would have been <f67v1.X.10>

There seems to be no label at 09:15; it would have been <f67v1.X.11>

There seems to be no label at 09:45; it woudl have been <f67v1.X.12>

At 10:30 (first label of top half)
13 H damam!m!

At 11:00
14 H dairkal

At 11:30
15 H okal ary

At 00:30
16 H dor echkolal

At 01:30
17 H okol!aldy

Paragraph: Y
Radial lines/titles
Last edited on 1998-12-08 11:09:54 by stolfi

"U" transcription by J. Stolfi from scanned image
"V" transcription by John Grove.

Clockwise, starting from the double ray at 02:00.

The original line numbers were assigned by J.Stolfi
starting from 00:15; they were reassigned on Oct/1998
to match Grove's numbering.

1:pchodai!s otch oeka!ody

At 03:05
2:dcheeos qokiiiody eees oloesdr!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At 03:30
3:yko!o cheo daiin ypcheg oty

At 04:15
4:opcheey chso cheey chedaly

At 04:45
5:ykeeey qokeey chokeear

At 05:30
6:osheey keeody che dals

At 06:30
7:okor shey qokcheor doii!r

At 07:00
8:oeees otechy o!keey

At 07:30
9:okeeodaiin siiin dairal

At 08:15
10:oksheeoda or aral

At 08:45
11:olar aroka

At 09:15
12:otorkeol or cheey dary

At 10:00
13:okechey cheody *eoky

At 10:45
14:otechodor o!dreeey

At 11:45
15:chockhdy cheockhy

At 00:15
16:ytchoy kchochy dair oekey

At 01:30
17:!kchcsey chy koldy