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Yates Thompson 31 f. 70v Diagram of the planets
Diagram of the planets
Description: Circular diagram of the seven planets, each of which governs a day of the week, set around a wheel. Each planet is depicted as a human figure: the Sun as a woman with a flower, Venus swimming, Mercury with a staff, the Moon as a robed woman, Saturn with a sickle, Jupiter as a youth with a sword, and Mars as a soldier with sword and shield, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. 
Origin: Spain, E. (Catalonia, Girona?) 


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