Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

063. MS M.785, fol. 27r

Abū Maʻshar
-886

Astrological treatises

early 15th century, in or before 1403
Bruges, Belgium
254 x 175 mm
MS M.785

Purchased in 1935

Second Decanus of Capricornus in three zones:
1) Sphaera Persica:
Veiled woman, inscribed MULIER LECTICA RESIDENS, seated on bench, flanked by grapevine, inscribed VITIS, and tree, inscribed ARBOR (Constellation: Virgo); body of fish, inscrib