An astrologer discusses a child's horoscope with its mother, early 14th century. From their anxious looks, the horoscope must be a bad one. From a medieval manuscript of Ptolemy's "Tetrabiblos" (Four Books). The books explore the ways in which the configurations of the heavens can affect what happens on earth, including what happens to people.
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An astrologer discusses a child's horoscope with its mother, early 14th century. From their anxious looks, the horoscope must be a bad one. From a medieval manuscript of Ptolemy's "Tetrabiblos" (Four Books). The books explore the ways in which the configurations of the heavens can affect what happens on earth, including what happens to people.

Date

1300

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A16_069

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,9Mo (5,1Mo) / 37,0cm x 33,8cm / 4374 x 3989 (300dpi)

Mots clés

female women woman people male child children library man men family infant baby babies parent science guy belief color mother superstition medieval astrology infancy motherhood century gesturing worry worried anxiety parenting anxious miniature concept MISFORTUNE prediction predicting superstitious destiny fate British Library hand gesture manuscript bad luck mum hand Gestures Colour horoscope mediaeval Middle Ages 14th century Fourteenth Century astrologer illuminated manuscript manuscript Unknown Claudius Ptolemy Claudius of Ptolemaeus Ptolemy Claudius Heritage Art Claudius Ptolemaeus

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