SUPERKINTARO

January 3, 2014

mediumaevum:
“ You probably associate Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry with the calendar pages, but it has many more stunning illustrations. Like this Anatomical man.
Each zodiac sign corresponds to a specific part of the body, starting with...

You probably associate Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry with the calendar pages, but it has many more stunning illustrations. Like this Anatomical man.
Each zodiac sign corresponds to a specific part of the body, starting with Pisces, the feet, and working up their way to the head, with Aries, the ram, that has sacred connotations.
In each top corner are painted the arms of the Duke of Berry. Each area is complemented by four Latin inscriptions describing the properties of each sign according to the four complexions (hot, cold, wet or dry), the four temperaments (choleric, melancholic, sanguine and phlegmatic) and the four cardinal points:
“Aries, Leo and Sagittarius are warm and dry, choleric, masculine, Eastern” in the upper left
“Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn are cold and dry, melancholy, female, Western” in the upper right
“Gemini, Aquarius and Libra are hot and humid, sanguine, masculine, Southern” in the lower left
“Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces are cold and wet, phlegmatic, feminine, Northern” in the lower right

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