Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Phaenomena
Italy, Naples, 1469
MS M.389 fol. 42v

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Constellation: Perseus and Constellation: Caput Medusa -- Perseus, partially draped in hooded mantle, stands and holds head of Medusa in right hand and spear or halberd in left hand. Figure inscribed with red dots representing the stars that form the constellation.