Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Medical and astronomical texts
Germany, between 1450 and 1475
MS B.27 fol. 59v

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Circular diagram depicting personifications of the Four Elements, separated into registers, top to bottom:
Two animals, possibly dogs, amid flames, inscribed IGNIS.
Three insects, possibly bees, inscribed AER.
Two animals, possibly boars, on mound, inscribed TERRA.
Fish, inscribed AQUA.