#16th century

[enchantedbook]

Illustration of the Great Comet of 1577, from the book Tarcuma-I Cifr al-Cami by Mohammed b. Kamaladdin, 16th century AD.

[memories-of-ancients]

Cutlery set with leather and wood case in the form of a trout, Italy, circa 1570

from The Bavarian National Museum

[twirld]

Follower of Vincent Sellaer, Judith and Holofernes

[velvetmasonry]

Unicorn Doorway, early 16th century

[7pleiades7]

Saint Sebastian, (Detail), (1503-1508), by Bernardino Zaganelli (Italian, 1460 – 1510), oil on wood (probably poplar), 119.4 cm (47 in) x 44.2 cm (17.4 in), National Gallery, London

[cuties-in-codices]

the jewel book of anna of bavaria

pages from the kleinodienbuch (jewel book), an illuminated inventory of the jewelry owned by duke albert v. and duchess anna of bavaria. illuminated by hans mielich in munich, c. 1552-55

source: Munich, BSB, Cod.icon. 429

[kriskukko]

an old man, 16th century

[nemfrog]

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa. De Occulta Philosophia. 1533.

Sigils of the fixed stars and constellations. In the Hermetic tradition — which holds that hidden correspondences link celestial bodies to earthly phenomena — sigils were signs constructed from geomantic figures. These were patterns generated by making random marks and reducing them to rows of dots. Connecting them in various ways produced a unique shape assigned to a star or constellation and used in talismans and rituals to invoke those bodies' power.

Pictured top to bottom: Caput Algol, Pleiades, Aldebaran, Hircus, Canis Major, Canis Minor, Cor Leonis, Cauda Ursae, Ala Corui, Spica, Alchameth, Elpheia, Cor Scorpii, Vultur Cadens, and Cauda Capricorni.

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