Universitätsbibliothek Salzburg - M III 36
9 double pages, 408x292, near Bodensee, second quarter 15th century - Children of Planets and Artes liberales
The pages were departed from a MS-collection 1924 M
III 35 and given an own signature.
Lit.: Buchmalerei im Bodenseeraum. 13. bis 16. Jahrhundert.
Hrsg. von Eva Moser. Friedrichshafen 1997. Abb. S. 124 (Bernd Konrad).
Children of Planets (236r-239r) Each has 4 medaillons, above the planet god, in the middle two zodiac signs and below a representation of the life age (Saturn for earliest youth, Moon for oldest age following the Chaldean row order), presented by a male and a female figure, connected to a time of the day.
- 236r: Saturn, Capricorn and Aquarius, Infancia - Metten
- 236v: Jupiter, Sagitarius and Pisces, Pueritia - Prime
- 237r: Mars, Aries and Scorpio, Virilitas - None
- 237v: Sun, 2 Lions, Adulescentia - Sexte
- 238r: Venus, Taurus and Libra, Juventus - Tercie.
- 238v: Mercury, Virgo and Gemini, Senium - Vesper.
- 239r: Moon, 2 Cancers, Senectus - Complet.
239v-242v: Artes Liberales (239v-242v)
Each with 2 medaillons, above a female allegorical figure of the Artes Liberales and below a famous representative of the discipline
(The pictures are presented to the web by http://www.ubs.sbg.ac.at/sosa/handschriften/MIII36.htm - Beatrix Koll)
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