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VMs: the VMS archer
Donald Goodell wrote:
> I seem to remember the socalled Saggittarian "long bow archer" in the
> Astrological section of the VMS wearing a Brescian (or at any rate, a
> Northern Italian, even Florentine) Capello, (or"hat"),
It is not a longbow - but a cross-bow. And this one of the
curiosities of the VMS (in its understandable stratum) - as there
seems to be no other representation of Sagittarius known in this form
(man with a cross-bow rather than centaur with a bow). I kept
looking for one without luck.
But the figure itself looks vaguely similar to medieval
German Planatenbuch imagery. Look, for instance, at this
Web edition (the colouring is modern by the editor):
http://www.billyandcharlie.com/planets/planetsbook.html
and especially the Children of Jupiter - where a cross-bow
archer is shown, not very different from the VMS Saggitarius.
As Jupiter is the ruling planet of that sign - it is
understandable. But why did the VMS illuminator choose
to use the cross-archer image instead of that of the Centaur?
I believe finding another such image would be a great leap
foreward in ascertaining the origin of the VMS.
Best regards,
Rafal
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