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MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Zodiac / Gemini / with planets / Mercury (domicile)
Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Zodiac / Virgo / With planets / Mercury (domicile)
Astronomy and astrology / Planets / Represented as planetary deities / Individual / Mercury / Standing or walking / Holding two intertwined serpents or a purse or both
Astronomy and astrology / Planets / Represented as planetary deities / Dignities and debilities / Mercury / Domicile (Virgo and Gemini)
Astronomy and astrology / Planets / Represented as planetary deities / With planet children / Cycles / Prints / German, 15th century (bound into Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, MS C 101)
Astronomy and astrology / Planets / Represented as planetary deities / With planet children / Mercury / Scribes and notaries
Astronomy and astrology / Planets / Represented as planetary deities / With planet children / Mercury / Painters, sculptors and goldsmiths
Astronomy and astrology / Planets / Represented as planetary deities / With planet children / Mercury / Organists and organ builders
Astronomy and astrology / Planets / Represented as planetary deities / With planet children / Mercury / Persons sharing a meal

SOCIAL LIFE

Music / Musical instruments / Keyboard / Organ
Authors, scholars and philosophers / Scribes
Professions and trades / Makers of musical instruments / Organ builder
Eating and drinking / Meals / Outdoors
Art / Artist's studio / Goldsmith
Art / Artist's studio / Painter
Art / Artist's studio / Sculptor / Without live model

Further details

Artist or creator

German

Date

15th century (second half)

Location

Zürich, Zentralbibliothek (long-term loan of St. Gallen Stiftsbibliothek), C 101

Book, text or document (source of image)

Folio: 13v.

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Max Lehrs, Über einige Holzschnitte des fünfzehnten Jahrhunderts in der Stadtbibliothek zu Zürich, Straßburg 1906, no. 5; Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber, Handbuch der Holz- und Metallschnitte des XV. Jahrhunderts, vol. 4, Leipzig 1927, no. 1917o

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

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