Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Jupiter / With other figures / Mars / With Venus
Mars / Single figure / Standing
Mars / With Venus / With Amor / In landscape or clouds
Venus / Single figure / Without attributes / Standing / Miscellaneous / Nude
Venus / Single figure / With attributes / Doves
Venus / Myths / Birth (Venus Anadyomene) / Not squeezing her hair dry
Vulcan / The forge of Vulcan / Miscellaneous

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Astronomy and astrology / Planets / Represented as planetary deities / Individual / Mars / Standing
Astronomy and astrology / Planets / Represented as planetary deities / With planet children / Mars / Soldiers
Astronomy and astrology / Planets / Represented as planetary deities / With planet children / Venus / Naked women only

SECULAR ICONOGRAPHY

Coats-of-Arms / England / Unidentified

SOCIAL LIFE

Warfare / Soldiers / Miscellaneous
Nudity / Female / Nude in landscape

Further details

Artist or creator

English

Date

1450 (circa)

Location

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Fairfax 16 (S.C. 3896)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Book, text or document (source of image)

Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Complaint of Mars and Venus. Folio: 14v.

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Fritz Saxl and Hans Meier, Verzeichnis Astrologischer und Mythologischer illustrierter Handschriften des lateinischen Mittelalters, 3, 1, London 1953, pp. 173-187, plate 39

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Web resources

Bodleian Library

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

Contact

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