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Ribeiro, Luís Campos, "The children of Mercury: the image of the artist and the scientist in medieval astrological texts and iconography", dins: Miranda, María Adelaide - Miguélez Cavero, Alicia (eds.), Portuguese Studies on Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts: New approaches and methodologies, Barcelona - Madrid, Fédération Internationale des Instituts d'Études Médiévales (Textes et études du Moyen Âge, 76), 2014, pp. 131-144.

Resum

This paper addresses the astrological association of trades to the planets, its artistic representation, and how this association echoes the perception of the artist as an intellectual or as an artisan. It analyses the iconography know as «the children of the planets», in particular the portraying the planet Mercury, and explores its sources in the medieval astrological texts.

Matèries

Astronomia i astrologia
Manuscrits
Il·lustracions