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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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Bona Dea - The EarthHone’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 crowned with the stars! She is depicted inside a picture fra [...]

Keywords: people, animals, lions, zodiac, symbols, aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, leo, virgo, libra, scorpio, sagittarius, aquarius, pisces, crowns, stars, greyscale

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Added: 2003-03-18

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The signs of the Zodiac, from an 1826 woodcutHone’s Everyday Book (1826)

These circular zodiac symbols were in the border of the frontispiece of Hone’s Every Day Book. I also have an SVG version, and can supply transparent PNG files.

Keywords: zodiac, symbols, aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, leo, virgo, libra, scorpio, sagittarius, aquarius, pisces, greyscale

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Added: 2019-04-16

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JanuaryHone’s Everyday Book (1826)

A mean wearing warm boots, coat and hat walks through the snow, blowing on his hands to warm them, and is accompanied by a dog. The roofs of a nearby farm and house are covered in snow. In the sky is [...]

Keywords: snow, animals, dogs, people, winter, months, calendars, january, aquarius, zodiac, colour

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Added: 2003-03-18

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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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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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January: page imageThe Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)

The page containing the heading for January; I have also scanned the woodcut for January separately.

Keywords: colour, page images, typography, january, people, sheep, zodiac, trees

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Added: 2006-02-08

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FebruaryThe Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)

February from The Shepheardes Calendar. An old shepherd, Thenot, speaks to a shepherd boy called Cuddie. We see the zodiac symbols for Pisces (the fish) in the sky.

Keywords: colour, calendars, months, february, people, animals, zodiac

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Added: 2006-02-08

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MarchThe Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)

March from The Shepheardes Calendar. Two shepherd’s boys begin to “make purpos of love and other plesaunce, which to springtime is most agreeable.” We see the two boys standing talking, and also Cupid [...]

Keywords: colour, calendars, months, march, people, cherubs, zodiac

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Added: 2006-02-08

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AprilThe 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

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Added: 2006-02-08

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MayThe Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)

May from The Shepheardes Calendar, showing two shepherds, Piers and Palinodie, represented as as a Protestant and a Catholic minister. In the sky we see the zodiac sign for Gemini, together with the t [...]

Keywords: colour, calendars, months, may, people, dancing, goats, animals, zodiac

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Added: 2006-02-08

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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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FebruaryHone’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, 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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The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (second version).Astrology (1806)

Pictures representing The twelve houses of the zodiac. These vintage images are made by scanning impressions of metal type made on paper in 1806; they are slightly different from the first version, b [...]

Keywords: zodiac, astrology, colour, symbols, occult, wallpaper, backgrounds

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Added: 2013-06-06

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