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Title Page, Cosmography and AstrologyThe Gentleman’s Recreation (1686)

The title page to the section of The Gentleman’s Recreation is well-known for having the misspelling Cosmgrarhy at the top left. What is more interesting about it is the way Cosmography and Astronomy [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour, graphic design, trees, diagrams, astrology, people, women, angels, heraldry

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Added: 2020-12-12

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Frontispiece, Judges V. 20.Astrology (1806)

The engraving opposite the title page of this erly 19th century (1806) book on Astrology clearly tries to place a Biblical and Christian veneer over the proceedings. It falls perhaps a little wide of [...]

Keywords: astrology, temples, people, zodiac, spooky, christmas, greyscale

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Added: 2006-08-23

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Robert Fludd - The Mirror of the Whole of Nature and the Image of ArtCollected Occult Images (1690)

This engraving, captioned Integra Natura fpeculum Artisque imago, which is, The whole(ness) of nature reflected in the mirror of art, appeared in Utriusque cosmi maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysic [...]

Keywords: occult, diagrams, alchemy, zodiac, astrology, people, nudity, greyscale

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Added: 2012-08-08

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Robert Fludd’s Mirror of Nature, Widescreen VersionCollected Occult Images (1690)

A computer wallpaper based on a fragment of Nature’s Mirror.

Keywords: occult, diagrams, alchemy, zodiac, astrology, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Added: 2012-08-08

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10.—Astronomical Instrument.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The precise description which Cæsar has thus left us if tghe religion of the Druids—a religion which, whatever doubts may have been thrown upon the subject, would appear to have been the prevailing re [...]

Keywords: astrology, occult, druids, greyscale

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Added: 2005-03-13

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13.—Two Druids. Bas-relief found at Autun.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This carved likeness was found in an earth burial-mound, a barrow. “These remarkable monuments contain not only the bones and the ashes of the dead, but various articles of utility and ornament, domes [...]

Keywords: people, beards, astrology, druids, robes, greyscale

Places shown: Autun; Burgandy; France

Added: 2005-02-13

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15.—Group of Arch-Druid and DruidsOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A group of bearded older men wearing robes sit in disputation or discussion. They are in a forest.

Keywords: people, beards, monks, robes, druids, trees, astrology, greyscale

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Added: 2005-02-13

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Theban Alphabet of Petter ApponusCollected Occult Images (1690)

The source of this alphabet is unclear; Agrippa ascribed it to Honorius. It was used, Agrippa wrote, to make seals naming “certain spirits” so that the writing could not be read. I do not know why a s [...]

Keywords: occult, alphabets, astrology, symbols, greyscale

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Added: 2014-09-20

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The figures of the Divine LettersCollected Occult Images (1690)

The letters, or characters, for the planets, sun, and moon, in astrology or occult magic, are shown here, taken from Agrippa’s three-volume treatise on Magic. The separate groups are available on requ [...]

Keywords: occult, astrology, alphabets, symbols, greyscale

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Added: 2022-11-29

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Page 67. Heaven and Earth.Buch der Natur [Book of Nature] (1481)

Heaven, Earth, and intermediate spheres (or layers) of the skies. The moon looks depressed.

The page has only this illustration, no text.

Keywords: religion, astrology, paintings, colour

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Added: 2012-05-11

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The Harmony of the WorldAstrology (1806)

The Biblical references at the bottom of this picture as as follows:Genesis 1:14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be [...]

Keywords: zodiac, astrology, planets, sun, heaven, stars, angels, colour

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Added: 2005-01-17

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The Signs and PlanetsAstrology (1806)

A TABLE exhibiting at one View the Natures Dignities, Triplicities & Affections of the Signs and Planets.

Opposite Vol I p. 107.

Keywords: astrology, occult, charts, colour

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Added: 2003-03-10

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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, aquarius, astrology, january, february, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Added: 2006-02-14

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Jugend Magazine, January 1900, Front CoverJugend [German art magazine] (1900)

The front cover from Jugend Magazine from Issue Two, January 1900. It features a blindfolded woman barefoot, resting one foot on a wheel, holding a cornucopia from which roses are falling. She reaches [...]

Keywords: book covers, art, art nouveau, time, zodiac, astrology, people, bare feet, clocks, colour

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Added: 2013-04-12

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PiscesHone’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, greyscale

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Added: 2006-06-03

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Dark ZodiacTypo Ornamenty (1990)

These square pictures represent the twelve signs of the zodiac. From top to bottom, left to right, they are: Aries, the ram; taurus, the bull; Gemini, the twins; Cancer, the crab; Leo, the lion; Vigr [...]

Keywords: zodiac, astrology, signs, symbols, illustrations, drawings, greyscale

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Added: 2020-09-02

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Four Seasons Personified, and Zodiac Signs PersonifiedTypo Ornamenty (1990)

The four seasons, each represented by a woman in a long dress, are shown inside a border with fancy corners; to the right are the pictures for the twelve signs of the zodiac. Spring is shown as full o [...]

Keywords: seasons, spring, summer, autumn, winter, zodiac, astrology, people, bare feet, women, symbols, greyscale

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Added: 2021-08-19

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AriesHone’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, greyscale

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Added: 2006-07-05

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Vernal EquinoxHone’s Everyday Book (1826)

Perhaps not a very clear illustration of an equinox, but still a pretty woodcut of the Sun’s rays reaching the Earth.

Keywords: astrology, stars, sun, calendars, diagrams, greyscale

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Added: 2006-02-01

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Catherine de Medici in front of the magic mirror of her astrologer Cosimo RuggieriDas Buch für Alle [the book for everyone] (1890)

Katharina von Medici vor dem Zauberspiegel ihres Astrologen Cosimo Ruggieri. This scene probably shows the astrologer and occultist Cosimp Ruggieri predicting that one of the sons of the queen regent [...]

Keywords: occult, astrology, robes, spooky, people, robes, symbols, queens, royalty, wizards, kings, crowns, interiors, greyscale

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Added: 2021-08-21

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