Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Cycles / Thomas of Walsingham, Historia Troiana
Graces / With other figures / Venus and Amor
Io / Io, Argus and Mercury / Mercury with the dead Argus
Mercury / Single figure / Standing / Post-classical
Mercury / Attributes / Cockerell
Venus / Single figure / With attributes / Doves
Venus / Single figure / With attributes / Roses (or Flowers)
Venus / With Amor / Alone / Handling bow and arrows / Amor shooting an arrow / Miscellaneous
Venus / With Amor / With other figures / Apollo
Venus / With other figures / Apollo
Venus / With other figures / Vulcan

LITERATURE

Modern / Thomas of Walsingham / Historia Troiana a Dite Cretensi edita / Cycles / Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawl. B 214
Modern / Thomas of Walsingham / Historia Troiana a Dite Cretensi edita / Historia Troiana a Dite Cretensi edita

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Astronomy and astrology / Planets / Represented as planetary deities / Individual / Mercury / Standing or walking / Playing or holding a flute (often also with cock or the dead Argus)

Further details

Venus with the Graces and Vulcan, Amor shooting an arrow at Apollo, Mercury with the dead Argus

Artist or creator

English

Date

15th century (middle)

Location

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawl. B. 214 (S. C. 11566)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Book, text or document (source of image)

Thomas of Walsingham. Historia Trioiana a Dite Cretensi edita, a fratre Thoma Walsyngham declarata. Folio: 198v.

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Fritz Saxl and Hans Meier, Verzeichnis Astrologischer und Mythologischer illustrierter Handschriften des lateinischen Mittelalters, 3, 1, London 1953, p. 396f., plate 6, fig. 19

Rights and Permissions

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

Contact

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