#ludovicus de angulo

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side-eye

illustration for the third decan of libra in an astrological treatise ("de figura seu imagine mundi" by ludovicus de angulo/louis de langle), lyon, c. 1456

source: St. Gallen, Kantonsbibl., VadSlg Ms. 427, fol. 98r

#15th century #astrology #medieval astrology #de figura seu imagine mundi #ludovicus de angulo #louis de langle #libra #third decan of libra #zodiac signs #decans #hybrids #donkeys #medieval art

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sagittarius

in "de figura seu imagine mundi" by ludovicus de angulo, lyon, 15th c.

source: St. Gallen, Kantonsbibl., VadSlg Ms. 427, fol. 91r

#i love him sm #15th century #sagittarius #astrology #de figura seu imagine mundi #ludovicus de angulo #medieval art #medieval manuscript #hybrids

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gemini

in the cosmological treatise "de figura seu imagine mundi" by ludovicus de angulo, lyon, 15th c.

source: St. Gallen, Kantonsbibl., VadSlg Ms. 427, fol. 86v

#15th century #gemini #constellations #zodiac signs #de figura seu imagine mundi #medieval cosmology #ludovicus de angulo #astrology #medieval art #hugs

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In regards to the really strange astronomical codex, I know in later eras that depicting black people like that (as in, making their skin actually black instead of a natural brown skin tone) was done for racist reasons. Was there a different reason for doing it in that codex/during that time period or was it still just racism? Or possibly a combination of the two?

i'm really not qualified to answer that. i don't even know why there are so many black people in this codex (this ask is about this post) in the first place. i'm wondering the same thing about this other astrological manuscript i've come across (a copy of "de figura seu imagine mundi" by ludovicus de angulo, lyon, c. 1456):

source: St. Gallen, Kantonsbibl., VadSlg Ms. 427, fol. 88v-92r

all i know here is that these are all illustrations for the decans of different zodiac signs, but i don't know why some of the figures are depicted as poc. but again, i'm no expert at all.

if you're interested in medieval race studies, i've been told that both of these books are really good resources (i haven't read them myself yet): “the invention of race in the european middle ages” by geraldine heng, and “black metaphors: how modern racism emerged from medieval race-thinking” by cord j. whitaker

#ask