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| Plate XLII.—Astronomy: detail: the face of the sun. Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)
This diagram, taken from plate XLII on eclipses, shows the sun as an eight-pointed star with a face in the middle, including eyes, nose and mouth! (Obviously the sun does not have a beard, since the h [...] Keywords: astronomy, sun, diagrams, zodiac Places shown: none Added: 2009-10-23 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | | Aries Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)
Aries comes under the entry for the 20th of March: “Aries, or the ram, as a zodiacal sign, is said to have been derived by the Greeks from the golden fleece brought from Colchis by Jason, about 1263 y [...] Keywords: zodiac, astrology, months, aries, animals, sheep, march, april Places shown: none Added: 2006-07-05 + S K L R N |
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| | Pisces Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)
The zodiacal sign of pisces, two fish, here with a ribbon or rope bound from the tail of one to that of the other. “This zodiacal sign is said to symbolize the fishery of the Nile, which usually comme [...] Keywords: fish, pisces, zodiac, astrology, february, march, wallpaper, backgrounds Places shown: none Added: 2006-06-03 + S K L R N |
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| Aquarius, or, the Water Bearer. Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)
“The sun enters Aquarius on this day [21st January], though he does not enter it in the visible zodiac until the 18th of February. Ganymede, who succeeded Hebe as cup-bearer to Jove, is fabled to have [...] Keywords: bare feet, people, beards, water, zodiac, astrology, january, february, wallpaper, backgrounds Places shown: none Added: 2006-02-14 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | | February Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)
“— — Then came cold February, sitting In an old waggon, for he could not ride, Drawne of two fishes, for the season fitting, Which through the flood before did softly slyde And swim away; yet had he b [...] Keywords: months, calendars, february, fish, people, carts, february, zodiac, pisces Places shown: none Added: 2006-02-14 + S K L R N |
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| August and Virgo Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)
“AUGUST The eigth wsa August, being rich array’d In garment all of gold downe to the ground: Yet rode he not, but led a lovely mayd Forth by the lily hand, the which was crown’d With eares of corne [w [...] Keywords: people, weapons, swords, summer, calendars, months, august, virgo, zodiac, astrology, september Places shown: none Added: 2006-05-02 + S K L R N |
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| Bona Dea - The Earth Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)
(Frontispiece) Earth is represented as a woman with twelve stars forming a halo around the crown on her head, and a lion beside her. She is depicted inside a picture frame at whose corners are the fou [...] Keywords: people, animals, zodiac Places shown: none Added: 2006-01-09 + S K L R N |
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Image status: stock image royalty-free for non-commercial uses only, usage credit required | | April The Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)
April from The Shepheardes Calendar, or, as Spenser wrote it, Aprill. This Æglogue was written to honour Queen Elizabeth I. There are two shepherds, Hobbinoll and Thenott; we met Hobbinoll earlier, wh [...] Keywords: colour, calendars, months, april, royalty, people, zodiac Places shown: none Added: 2006-02-08 + S K L R N |
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