Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Astrological treatises
Belgium, Bruges, early 15th century, in or before 1403
MS M.785 fol. 39v

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Personification: Planet, Mars (Mars in his Counter Houses), Zodiac Sign: Libra, and Zodiac Sign: Taurus -- Mars, wearing armor, holding bird-faced shield in left hand, swoons backward toward ground, upon which are spear and sword.
Below are Libra, shown as scales, and Taurus.