Another side-step:
"Liber Fortunae", also known as "Experimentarius"
by Bernardus Silvester
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardus_Silvestris
André Vernet, who edited Bernardus' Cosmographia, believed that he lived from 1085 to 1178. The most secure date in his life is 1147–48, when the Cosmographia was supposedly read to Pope Eugene III,[4] though it could have been finished before then, perhaps between 1143 and 1148.[3] There is some evidence that Bernardus was connected to Spanish schools of philosophy,[citation needed] but it seems likely that he was born and taught in Tours, because of the intimate descriptions of the city and the surrounding area found in the Cosmographia. Later medieval authors also associated him with that city.
A later version of the Experimentarius of the 3rd quarter of 14th century:
http://bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk:8180/lu ... =32&trs=37
At this place a relation between 20 birds and 20 astronomical bodies and the numbers I-XX is given:
1. peacock - Sun
2. dove - Moon
3. partridge - Saturn
4. ‘pinzan’ - Jupiter
5. ‘turbo’ - Mars
6. swallow - Venus
7. sparrow - Mercury
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8. magpie - Draco
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9. ‘tudon’ - Aries
10. cock - Taurus
11. hawk - Gemini
12. ‘asturtius’ - Cancer
13. raven - Leo
14. ‘ganga’ - Virgo
15. ‘spicula’ - Libra
16. ‘caranus’ - Scorpio
17. ‘restite’ - Sagittarius
18. ‘alcolchi’ - Capricorn
19. hoopoe - Aquarius
20. owl - Pisces
The chosen astronomical figures are the common 7 planets and 12 zodiac-signs with one addition "Draco". If we compare theses to the 22 figures of astronomical content from the lot book of Bollstatter we see, that it is rather similar, but the row is skipped.
Bollstatter (and Fränkisches Losbuch) row
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(22 Pope missing)
(21 Emperor missing)
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20. Sun
19. Moon
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14-18. 5 planets
7-13. usual zodiac signs
6. Raven, 13th zodiac-sign
1-5. usual zodiac signs
The Raven in the Bollstatter source is exchanged at the position and against Draco. The others are all the same, though the row of the zodiac of Bollstatter is confused (possibly also the row of the 5 planets) against the straight and clear version of the Experimentarius.
In the system of the 32-animals the Order A seems rather confused:
Order A
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01 Wag (zodiac Waage/Libra, FL 1)
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[03 Esel (donkey, FL 22)]
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05 Nachtigal (nightingale, FL 16)
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07 Hierß (stag, FL 19)
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09 Hunt (dog, FL 20)
10 Krebs (zodiac Krebs/Cancer, FL 4)
11 Leb (zodiac Löwe/Leo, FL 5)
12 Junckfraw (zodiac Jungfrau/Virgo, FL 7)
13 Zwihling (zodiac Zwilling/Gemini, FL 10)
14 Visch (zodiac Fische/Pisces, FL 8)
15 Weßrer (zodiac Wassermann/Aquarius, FL 9)
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17 Schutz (zodiac Schütze/Sagitarius, FL 11)
18 Krannich (crane, FL 14)
19 Adler (eagle, FL 15)
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22 Scorp (zodiac Scorpio, FL 12)
23 Einhorn (unicorn, zodiac Steinbock/Capricorn, FL 13)
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25 Rab (Raven, 13th zodiac sign, FL 6)
26 Wieder (zodiac Aries, FL 2)
27 Ochß (Einhorn, zodiac Taurus, FL 3)
28 Kamel (camel, FL 17)
29 Sitich (parrot, FL 18)
[30 Haß (Hare FL 21)]
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In Order B, however, we have, that ...
... that the first 16 include all 12 zodiac-signs, 3 planets and the donkey-pope, who is exchanged against the Raven. The rest of the planets is distributed, likely with some intentions of the designer of the oracle-system, but we cannot say, that we understand his ideas.
Another comparable object we have with the Sepher Yetzirah: From the 20 astronomical figures of the Experimentarius 19 appear in the letter-attributes, the 20th figure "Draco" appears in the last card of the Sola Busca ...
... and the trumps of Sola-Busca are discussed as a model with 10 pairs embedded in a 11th pair.
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1041
Draco appears also in the astrological systems of Geomancy ...
The other 14 figures are given to the 7 planets, 2 figures for each planet ...
Carcer, Prison, Saturn
Tristitia, Sadness, Saturn
Acquisitio, Gain, Jupiter
Laetitia, Joy, Jupiter
Puer, Boy, Mars
Rubeus, Red, Mars
Fortuna Major, Greater Fortune, Sun
Fortuna Minor, Lesser Fortune, Sun
Puella, Girl, Venus
Amissio, Loss, Venus
Conjunctio, Union, Mercury
Albus, White, Mercury
Via, Way, Moon
Populus, People, Moon
http://www.renaissanceastrology.com/ast ... ncy.html#F
The Experimentarius work is "somehow" related to Geomancy, a figure is given at the begin of the text ...
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I've no precise idea, if the Experimentarius contains one lot book system or more than one. The list of 20 birds somehow must have been embedded in something else, otherwise it would make no sense. There is another list of 36 birds in the book, and each of them is connected to 12 lines of text and each line seems to be answer, in this style
Further there are 11 wheels with 12 parts, from which ...
1 relates to spices
1 relates to flowers
2 relate to fruits
1 relates to animals
3 relate to
birds (again 36 birds ... but it seems to be not always the same birds as on the other list)
3 relate to cities
Picture of the animals and a bird sphere:
20 birds plus 36 birds makes 56 birds ... this leads me to think about a 3-dice-oracle with 56 possibilities, from which 6 have always the same number, 30 have twice the same number and 20 have always different numbers. 20 plus 36 might have with this a logical background.
But this idea might be not necessarily correct. I just don't understand this book and need better information.