Medical Astrology: Science, Art, and Influence in early-modern Europe
Item
The Moon as Ruler of Cancer
Title
The Moon as Ruler of Cancer
Creator
Johannes Regiomontanus (1436-1476)
Contributor
Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library
Date
1528
Description
Black-and-white image of the Moon, anthropomorphized and shown as the Roman goddess Diana
Format
image
Rights
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Source
Des weitberümten M. Johannem Künigspergers, Natürlicher kunst d[er] Astronomei, kurtzer begriff : von natürlichem influss der gestirn, Planeten vnd Zeychen etc. ... einem jeden nutzlich, notwendig vnnd lustig züwissen (Strassburg: [Christian] Egenolphen, 1528), Section XIII. Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.
