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Zodiac series of University of Pennsylvania LJS 449 - Koen G - 02-01-2025
I would like to draw attention to the Zodiac series of University of Pennsylvania LJS 463 449, which Nablator mentioned here:
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This may have been discussed before, but I didn't find anything on the forum.
This series of Zodiac images f.12r-22v accompanies a "treatise in German on favorable and unfavorable days for various activities". This kind of text may be interesting with regards to the "bathing nymphs" in the Zodiac section.
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The Zodiac signs are stylistically different from those of the VM, but there are many peculiar similarities in some of them. Most notably bull, lobster and lion.
- The bull is a silly red creature with a three-pronged tail standing on green terrain.
- The lobster is wonderfully faulty with only two pairs of "walking legs", one of which is on the tail (linking it to the Soissons - Alsace vein). The overall body type is very similar.
- The lion is of a different type altogether. But look at that tail!
For Aries/Capricorn, the VM animals remain ambiguous. But you can see some connection, especially with Capricorn. Climbing a bit towards the left, one tree...
- Gemini is quite different. Nude vs. dressed and a much more spectacular pose. Position of man/woman is the same, but that's about it.
- Virgo has a different dress, but that is to be expected: the VM wide open, dagged sleeves are typical for the first quarter of the 15th century. Both ladies are on terrain and there are flowers involved. However, the Pennsylvania Virgo appears to be making a wreath.
- I thought the scales were quite different at first, but now I think they are related. Notice the rim on the cups and the way the three black lines are connected to it.
The remaining signs are quite different.
All in all, I think these Zodiac symbols are closely related to those in the VM, but stylistically different. It's probably a matter of being on the same family tree.
RE: Zodiac series of University of Pennsylvania LJS 463 - R. Sale - 02-01-2025
RE: Zodiac series of University of Pennsylvania LJS 463 - Koen G - 02-01-2025
RE: Zodiac series of University of Pennsylvania LJS 463 - nablator - 03-01-2025
RE: Zodiac series of University of Pennsylvania LJS 449 - Koen G - 03-01-2025
RE: Zodiac series of University of Pennsylvania LJS 449 - R. Sale - 03-01-2025
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RE: Zodiac series of University of Pennsylvania LJS 449 - R. Sale - 03-01-2025
RE: Zodiac series of University of Pennsylvania LJS 449 - Dana Scott - 04-01-2025
RE: Zodiac series of University of Pennsylvania LJS 449 - Aga Tentakulus - 04-01-2025