Decoding the stars

Zothorus, Liber astrologia
Zothorus, Liber astrologia
Source: gallica.bnf.fr

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Smith-Lesoüef 8, fol. 9r.

This treatise on Astrology includes numerous diagrams which combine various portions of constellations like recipes for fate and destiny. Here is another example from fol. 10v, which includes a Gorgon’s head and the tail of a centaur:

Zothorus, Liber astrologia
Zothorus, Liber astrologia
Source: gallica.bnf.fr

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