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Abū Maʻshar
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Astrological treatises
Bruges, Belgium
early 15th century, in or before 1403
254 x 175 mm
Purchased in 1935
MS M.785
Page description:
Personification: Planet, Jupiter (Jupiter in his Counter Houses), Zodiac Sign: Virgo, and Zodiac Sign: Gemini -- Jupiter, crowned, holding scepter in left hand, sits on carved bench and slumps toward right.
Below are Virgo, winged, holding sheaf of grain, and Gemini, as Siamese twins.
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Photography by Pixel Acuity, 2021