These Krakow Picatrix illustrations represent the decans. The crossbow appears to have been introduced in the Latin translation. For instance, the text corresponding to p.387 (f194r) appears at p.76 of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
Et ascendit in tercia facie Geminorum vir lorica indutus, habens balistam et sagittas et pharetram. ...
Et ascendit in prima facie Cancri vir habens digitos et caput tortuosos et obliquos; et eius corpus est simile corpori equi; et pedes albos habens et supra eius corpus folia ficuum. ...
Et ascendit in secunda facie Cancri mulier formosa vultu, et in eius capite myrti viridis coronam habens. et in eius manu perticam arboris que dicitur nenufar ....
Et ascendit in tercia facie Cancri celhafe, et in eius manu colubrum. et ante se cathenas aureas habens. ...
"In the third face (i.e. decan) of Gemini, a man dressed in a coat of mail, with a crossbow, arrows and quiver...
In the first face of Cancer, a man with twisted fingers and head; his body is like that of a horse. His feet are white and, upon his body, there are fig leaves....
In the second face of Cancer, a woman with a beautiful face, upon her head a crown of green mirth and in her hand a branch of the tree called lotus...
In the third face of Cancer, a celhafe with a snake in his had and golden chains in front of him"
Translation from the Arabic by Hashem Atallah:
[Gemini]
The image of a man wearing a shield and carrying a bow and an arrow in its case emerges in its third phase. ....
[Cancer]
Consider the image of a man with curved face and fingers that looks like a horse. He has white feet and tree leaves are attached to his body. ...
There is also the image of a beautiful woman longing for pleasure and singing, wearing a wreath made of green basil on her head and holding a rod of nenuphar in her hand ...
The image of a man holding a snake in his hand, having a foot similar to the foot of a turtle, and possessing golden jewelry appears in the third phase of Cancer.
Et ascendit in tercia facie Geminorum vir lorica indutus, habens balistam et sagittas et pharetram. ...
Et ascendit in prima facie Cancri vir habens digitos et caput tortuosos et obliquos; et eius corpus est simile corpori equi; et pedes albos habens et supra eius corpus folia ficuum. ...
Et ascendit in secunda facie Cancri mulier formosa vultu, et in eius capite myrti viridis coronam habens. et in eius manu perticam arboris que dicitur nenufar ....
Et ascendit in tercia facie Cancri celhafe, et in eius manu colubrum. et ante se cathenas aureas habens. ...
"In the third face (i.e. decan) of Gemini, a man dressed in a coat of mail, with a crossbow, arrows and quiver...
In the first face of Cancer, a man with twisted fingers and head; his body is like that of a horse. His feet are white and, upon his body, there are fig leaves....
In the second face of Cancer, a woman with a beautiful face, upon her head a crown of green mirth and in her hand a branch of the tree called lotus...
In the third face of Cancer, a celhafe with a snake in his had and golden chains in front of him"
Translation from the Arabic by Hashem Atallah:
[Gemini]
The image of a man wearing a shield and carrying a bow and an arrow in its case emerges in its third phase. ....
[Cancer]
Consider the image of a man with curved face and fingers that looks like a horse. He has white feet and tree leaves are attached to his body. ...
There is also the image of a beautiful woman longing for pleasure and singing, wearing a wreath made of green basil on her head and holding a rod of nenuphar in her hand ...
The image of a man holding a snake in his hand, having a foot similar to the foot of a turtle, and possessing golden jewelry appears in the third phase of Cancer.
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