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Zodiac sign of CAPRICORN in a 14th century manucript on Flickr.
The zodiac sign of CAPRICORN is associated with the month of December and it is represented by the goat. In most of the standard medieval iconographic compositions, the goat is represented with two horns, standing or seated. For an animal rather familiar to the artists in that time, the portrayal of the goat tends to be surprisingly unrealistic to the extent that the goat is often shown very similar to the unicorn. Variations on this form show a creature with upper body of a goat and lower body of a fish with a tail emerging from a shell. In the modern horoscope the zodiac sign of CAPRICORN covers the period from about 22 December until 19 January. Link to the “Zodiac sign of CAPRICORN” set
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Manuscript title: Roman Breviary for Sundays and feast days
Origin: Basel (Switzerland)
Period: 14th century
Image source: St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 402, p. 11 – Roman Breviary for Sundays and feast days ( www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/csg/0402/11)
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Zodiac sign of CAPRICORN in a 15th century manuscript on Flickr.
The zodiac sign of CAPRICORN is associated with the month of December and it is represented by the goat. In most of the standard medieval iconographic compositions, the goat is represented with two horns, standing or seated. For an animal rather familiar to the artists in that time, the portrayal of the goat tends to be surprisingly unrealistic to the extent that the goat is often shown very similar to the unicorn. Variations on this form show a creature with upper body of a goat and lower body of a fish with a tail emerging from a shell. In the modern horoscope the zodiac sign of CAPRICORN covers the period from about 22 December until 19 January. Link to the “Zodiac sign of CAPRICORN” set
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Manuscript title: Codex Schürstab
Origin: Nürnberg (Germany)
Period: 15th century
Image source: Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, Ms. C 54, p. 23r – Codex Schürstab ( www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/zbz/C0054/23r)
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Zodiac sign of CAPRICORN in a 9th century manuscript on Flickr.
The zodiac sign of CAPRICORN is associated with the month of December and it is represented by the goat. In most of the standard medieval iconographic compositions, the goat is represented with two horns, standing or seated. For an animal rather familiar to the artists in that time, the portrayal of the goat tends to be surprisingly unrealistic to the extent that the goat is often shown very similar to the unicorn. Variations on this form show a creature with upper body of a goat and lower body of a fish with a tail emerging from a shell. In the modern horoscope the zodiac sign of CAPRICORN covers the period from about 22 December until 19 January. Link to the “Zodiac sign of CAPRICORN” set
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Manuscript title: Astronomical-computistic encyclopedia
Origin: St. Gallen (Switzerland)
Period: 9th century
Image source: St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 250, p. 497 – Astronomical-computistic encyclopedia ( www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/csg/0250/497)
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Scene from “Labors of the month December” on Flickr.
DECEMBER Labors of the month December are generally associated with killing of animals for the winter. The scene usually shows one man who stands over a boar or an oxen with a hatchet. Being that every part of the animal was used, often the dead animal is shown as opposed to the killing, and the carving is the labor. Sometimes the scene shows draining of the animal blood in a bowl, usually done by a woman, whilst the man stands over it with sharpened knifes.
Link to “Labors of the month December” set Manuscript title: Book of Hours
Origin: Nantes ? (France)
Period: 15th century
Image source: Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 33, p. 12r – Book of Hours ( www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/bge/lat0033/12r)
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Pretty medieval manuscript of the day shows Princesse Yolanda of Savoy receiving a copy of Guillaime Fichet’s Rhetoricafrom the author. I love the hats! The manuscript can be viewed on the Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland.
A detailed description of the manuscript can be found here(PDF).
Image source: Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 176: Guillelmus Fichetus, Rhetorica. (http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/cb/0176).Creative Commons licensed.
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