What is unique or rare about the VM Zodiac signs?
More samples of libra and taurus similar to the VMS. 
   

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In the early 1400s, the Boucicaut Master was the leading master of manuscript illumination in Paris and one of the most influential artists working in the International style in northern Europe. The Boucicaut Master appears to have supervised a talented team of artists who produced manuscripts commissioned by the king of France, high-ranking aristocrats, and the wealthy bourgeoisie. He probably also made works sold on the open market. He produced illuminations of exceptional naturalism that capture the elegance and refinement of court taste. The name Boucicaut derives from the identification of his hand in a book of hours made for the Maréchal de Boucicaut, Jean le Meingre II, the marshal of France.

The top-left taurus and libra are from a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., made by Master of the Brussels Initials:
Cosimo de' Migliorati, bishop of Bologna and a cardinal, commissioned this luxuriously decorated missal. It was made sometime between 1389 and 1404, the year in which he was elevated to the papacy as Innocent VII.  The Master of the Brussels Initials after working in Bolognia moved to the Ile-de-France.
The style of the horns of the taurus is similar to the VMS. 
The scales are also very close to the VMS, in special the detail over the bar. 

The top-middle taurs an libra are from a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., made by Boucicaut Master (French, active about 1390 - 1430), and Workshop of the Rohan Master (French, active about 1410 - 1440)

The top-right tarurs and libra are from a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., made by a Follower of the Boucicaut Master (French, active about 1390 - 1430), and a Follower of the Egerton Master (French / Netherlandish, active about 1405 - 1420).
The clothes of the man that holds the scales have the same style than the man that holds the crossbow in the VMS. This Book of Hours has many samples of the fashion of that time.
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RE: What is unique or rare about the VM Zodiac signs? - by Juan_Sali - 01-12-2022, 02:38 PM

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