13-02-2016, 03:11 PM
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(13-02-2016, 10:34 AM)-Job- wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The following image is similar to the one in f79v:
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This is an amazing manuscript! It seems that each zodiac sign is associated not only with the usual "labor of the month", but also with a biblical episode:
* Aries: missing
* Taurus (f41r) Jacob wrestles with the angel
* Gemini (f43r) a miracle of Jesus? Gemini are represented as Adam and Eve, with the tree of knowledge
* Cancer is badlly damaged and unreadable
* Leo (f47r): Daniel in the lion's den
* Virgo (f49r): the Virgin Mary
* Libra / Scorpio / Sagittarius missing or badly damaged
* Capricorn (f57v): Adam and Eve
* Aquarius (f59r): the Baptism of Christ
* Pisces (f61r): Jonah and the whale
(PS: this apparently is derived from You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. "De Temporum Ratione", 16)
Wonderful. I had read about biblical interpretations of the zodiac cycle, but I had never seen them so beautifully illustrated!
Thank you, Job!
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