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Limbourg brothers: Anatomical Man.  wikidata:Q16941195 reasonator:Q16941195
Artist
Limbourg brothers  (fl. 1402–1416)  wikidata:Q217816
 
Limbourg brothers
Description Netherlandish manuscript illuminator
Date of birth/death circa 1385-1387 1416
Location of birth/death Nijmegen Bourges Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1402-1416
Work location
Paris, Bourges
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artist QS:P170,Q217816
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Title
English: Anatomical Man.
Français : L'Homme anatomique ou L'Homme zodiacal
Español: El hombre anatómico.
Part of Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry Edit this at Wikidata
Object type manuscript illumination Edit this at Wikidata
Genre mythological painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Look at the signs of the zodiac. They correspond to each part of the body, starting with Pisces, the feet, and working up their way to the head, with Aries, the ram, that has sacred connotations. In each top corner are painted the arms of the Duke of Berry. Each area is complemented by four Latin inscriptions describing the properties of each sign according to the four complexions (hot, cold, wet or dry), the four temperaments (choleric, melancholic, sanguine and phlegmatic) and the four cardinal points: "Aries, Leo and Sagittarius are warm and dry, choleric, masculine, Eastern" in the upper left; "Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn are cold and dry, melancholy, female, Western" in the upper right; "Gemini (here spelled "Ganim." and represented not by two male twins but by the less common medieval depiction of a male and female), Aquarius and Libra are hot and humid, sanguine, masculine, Southern" in the lower left; "Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces are cold and wet, phlegmatic, feminine, Northern" in the lower right.
Français : un homme dont les différentes parties du corps sont reliées à un des douze signe du zodiaque, des poissons vers le bélier. L'homme se dédouble et est entouré d'une double mandorle, dans laquelle sont reproduits à nouveau les signes du zodiaque. Dans chaque coin supérieur de la miniature sont peintes les armes du duc de Berry : « trois fleurs de lys d'or sur fond d'azur avec bordure engrêlée de gueule ». Dans chaque coin inférieur, est placé le chiffre « VE » ou « UE » enlacés. Ces lettres ont fait l'objet d'interprétations diverses : il s'agit soit d'une allusion aux premières lettres d'une devise du duc « En Vous » ; soit d'une allusion à la première et dernière lettre du nom « Ursine ». Ce nom fait lui-même l'objet d'une double interprétation : soit saint Ursin, le patron du duché de Berry, soit le nom d'une maîtresse que le duc aurait connu en captivité en Angleterre. Ce nom se retrouve dans des symboles héraldiques parlants qui parsèment à plusieurs reprises les marges du manuscrit : l'ours et le cygne. Chaque coin est complété par quatre inscriptions latines décrivant les propriétés de chaque signe selon les quatre complexions (chaud, froid, sec ou humide), les quatre tempéraments (colérique, mélancolique, sanguin et flegmatique) et les quatre points cardinaux : « le Bélier, le Lion et le Sagittaire sont chauds et secs, colériques, masculins, orientaux » en haut à gauche ; « le Taureau, la Vierge et le Capricorne sont froids et secs, mélancoliques, féminins, occidentaux » en haut à droite ; « les Gémeaux, le Verseau et la Balance sont chauds et humides, masculins, sanguins, méridionaux » en bas à gauche ; « le Cancer, le Scorpion et les Poissons sont froids et humides, flegmatiques, féminins, septentrionaux » en bas à droite.
Date between 1411 and 1416
date QS:P571,+1411-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1411-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1416-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium tempera on vellum
medium QS:P186,Q175166;P186,Q378274,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 29 cm (11.4 in); width: 21 cm (8.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,29U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,21U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1236032
Accession number
Ms.65, f.14v
Credit line user:Petrusbarbygere
References Raymond Cazelles et Johannes Rathofer (préf. Umberto Eco), Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, Tournai, La Renaissance du Livre, 2001 (1re éd. 1988), 238 p. (ISBN 2-8046-0582-5).
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