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Classical Mythology, 7th Edition - obinfonet: dia logou

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CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY IN LITERATURE AND ART 671<br />

jag, Riomhunc a 2ona & rdfquo corporesequinc&ia'<br />

gSvyt frs circulus diuidic cum taurodecertantem colloca<br />

' tumidcxtramanuclauamtenentem & mcin&um<br />

cnfcfpe&antem ad occafum:& occidentem exorta<br />

Jv fcorpionispoftenore parte & fagiâarîo cxoriente;<br />

cum cancro autem totocorporepariter exurgcntcm.Hichafeet<br />

in capite ftellas très claras.in utrifcp humeri's fingulasan cubiro<br />

dextro pbfcuram unam.in manu fïmilé unâan zona frcs.in eo<br />

quo gladius dus dcformatur très obfcuras.in utrifcp gcnibus<br />

fingulas clarasan pedibus fingulas obfcuras.Omnino funt dc^<br />

ccmôcfcptcm»<br />

On'on. Woodcut from Hygini Poeticon Astronomicon Liber, T. de Blavis, Venice, 1488. Hyginus'<br />

mythological summary was printed by Erhard Radtolt at Venice in 1485, the first<br />

printed book to have woodcuts illustrating the constellations named after mythological<br />

figures and emblems. His blocks were used by other printers: in the case of Orion, de<br />

Blavis reversed the figure (Orion wields the club in his left hand). Orion is represented<br />

as a medieval knight whose armor overwhelms the seventeen stars of the constellation.<br />

Smith College, Mortimer Rare Book Room.

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