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It's Just Like an Onion!

On f. 209r is depicted a representation of the cosmos, following the iconography typical of this period. At the centre is Earth, our planet is then surrounded by the spheres, that are identified by the presence of stars and moon and finally everything is surrounded by the twelve zodiac signs. At the four corners the winds are depicted – Boreas, Eurus, Notos, Zephyrus. This illumination introduces the section of the manuscript that contains the Theorica planetarum Gerardi and its commentary.

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