Medical Astrology: Science, Art, and Influence in early-modern Europe
Item
Planetary Man, Iconismus XVII, Fol. 538 from Ars magna lvcis et vmbrae (1646)
Title
Planetary Man, Iconismus XVII, Fol. 538 from Ars magna lvcis et vmbrae (1646)
Creator
Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680)
Contributor
Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library
Date
1646
Description
Foldout print with Planetary Man with banner reading "they [the planets] incline; they do not determine." The boxes in the corners assign letters to body parts; these letters are then mapped in the parabolic grid, at center, which charts both planet and sign rulership over the human body.
Format
image
Rights
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Source
Ars magna lvcis et vmbrae ; in decem libros digesta. Qvibvs admirandae lvcis et vmbrae in mundo, atque adeò vniuersa natura, vires effectusq, vti noua, ita varia nouorum reconditiorumq, speciminum exhibitione, ad varios mortalium vsus, panduntur (Rome: Hermanni Scheus, 1646), Iconismus XVII, Fol. 538. Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.
