Following Michelle's hint, I searched for references to the zodiac in Cod Pal Germ 148. It's a pity that the wayback machine doesn't have full text search yet. The earliest I could find is indeed that Ellie Velinska pointed out the Pal Germ 148 Gemini and crossbow Sagittarius in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
EDIT: about the "family" of German crossbow-Sagittarii, this is a reasonable hypothesis, given the evidence that has been collected so far. Since all the examples are from the German-speaking part of Europe, and most examples date to the 15th century, it seems likely that they are somehow related. The alternative is the parallel independent invention of the same motif in roughly the same area and the same time: this cannot be ruled out in principle, but personally I find it less convincing.
EDIT: about the "family" of German crossbow-Sagittarii, this is a reasonable hypothesis, given the evidence that has been collected so far. Since all the examples are from the German-speaking part of Europe, and most examples date to the 15th century, it seems likely that they are somehow related. The alternative is the parallel independent invention of the same motif in roughly the same area and the same time: this cannot be ruled out in principle, but personally I find it less convincing.
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