Medical Astrology: Science, Art, and Influence in early-modern Europe

Item

Lunar Phases and the Four Times of Year

Title

Lunar Phases and the Four Times of Year

Creator

Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680)

Contributor

Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library

Date

1646

Description

Circular calendar showing the phases of the Moon and the four times of year, surrounded by the signs of the zodiac

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), 529. Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.