THE FOLLOWING WILL BE A SOLUTION TO THE PUZZLE OF EL JARDIN DE LAS DELICIAS/THE GARDEN OF DELIGHTS. THE TRIPTYCH ILLUSTRATES THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES AND THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE SHOULD ENJOY LIFE SINCE IT IS SOON FOLLOWED BY DEATH, BUT AS JOSE DE SIGUENZA IMPLIED THE BIBLE COMMENTARY IS DETAILED. AN EXPLANATION OF A NAHUATL HIEROGLYPHIC CHRONOLOGY IN THE TRIPTYCH IS IN PROGRESS AND HAS REACHED THE YEAR 2-TECPATL (1520).
The constellations represented in El Jardín de las Delicias/The Garden of Delights correspond to a portion of the sky from Cancer to Taurus, and north to Lynx and possibly Ursa Major.
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