More Germanic influences on the VM zodiac (another crossbow human Sagittarius)
RE: More Germanic influences on the VM zodiac (another crossbow human Sagittarius)
-JKP- > 08-02-2021, 04:57 PM
I think it's undeniably related to ÖNB Cod. 1842 and perhaps also loosely related to Sieben Regimena (the background is different some parts are thematically similar):
If you ignore the crossbow but retain the single-jug clothed Aquarius, and as many of the others as possible (especially the clothed and preferably male/female Gemini), it is also somewhat similar to a few more going back to the 13th century or so. Here is a 13c and 15c example (the main difference being the lack of a figure for Libra):