VMs: crossbow Sagittarius

["Rafal T. Prinke" <rafalp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I have found (finally!) some examples of Sagittarius
as crossbow man. Some of the German calendars reproduced
on the site of Herzog August Bibliothec display such
"icon" when showing the sign in which the Moon would
be on a given date. Here are some of the many examples:

1680
http://diglib.hab.de/drucke/ne-kapsel-7-7/start.htm?image=00014

1664
http://diglib.hab.de/drucke/xb-5725/start.htm?image=00012

1610
http://diglib.hab.de/drucke/xb-4774/start.htm?image=00009

Unfortunately, they are admittedly very simplistic
and all are quite late for the estimated VMS date,
but still they point to an iconographic tradition
of such representation - in Germany.

Best regards,

Rafal
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