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Death of Laocoon
50-79 AD Laoccon drawing from F. Niccolini, Le Case ed i
House of Menander (I.10.4), Pompeii House of Laocoon, Pompeii monumenti de Pompei, vol II, Naples
VI. 14. 30 1862, pl 66.
source: www.pompeiinpictures © Buzz Ferebee
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Classical images – Roman (Laocoon) Ophiuchus
Death of Laocoon
Vatican Virgil
c. 400
Vatican, BAV, lat 3225, fol. 18v
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Classical images – Roman (Lycurgus) Ophiuchus
Lycurgus cup
Red and green glass, 4th C
London, The British Museum (Acc. 1958.1202.1) 3
Classical images – Roman (Triptolemus) Ophiuchus
Cast of a gem
Triptolemus seeding the earth (obv with Caracalla)
19thC acast fter Roman (?) original
Bronze coin minted in Moesia inferior (Tomis)
Cornell Gem Impressions Collection
Credit: Vilmar numismatics 4
(03_2_0242GI_o3_077)
Classical images – Roman (Triptolemus) Ophiuchus
Triptolemus
fresco (destroyed 1943)
House of Triptolemus (or House ofCissoni / or L. Calpurnius Diogenes)
Pompeii
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Classical images – Roman Ophiuchus
Asclepius (with Telesphoros) and Hygieia (with Cupid) Asclepius and Hygieia
Ivory diptych, late 5th C Ivory panel, north Itaian, late 5th C
Liverpool City Museum Valais Historical Museum, Valère (Sion)
Credit: www.Kornbluthpgotos.com
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Classical globes Ophiuchus
II. III.
Vb.
VI.
London BL
Egerton 1050
Similar, knotted Serpens
VII. = fragmentum ... repertum in
Sicilia
VIIIa.
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Germanicus mss ( = ‘Siciliensis’) Ophiuchus
not in manuscript
13
Ps-Eratosthenes Ophiuchus
Planisphere
similar, Serpens looks at Oph
Vatican BAV,
Vat grec 1087 winter hemisphere
n.b. – Walks facing away from viewer, Serpens at waist height looking same
away from Oph; both feet on Scorpio 14
Cicero Ophiuchus
London, BL
London, BL Harley 647 – planisphere
Harley 647 n.b – walks to right facing viewer,
Serpens faces away from Oph and
is knotted at waist, both feet on
Scorpio
London, BL
Harley 2506 15
Cicero Ophiuchus
London, BL
Cotton ms Tib B.V., pars 1
London, BL Gottweig,
Cotton Ms Tib C. 1 Stiftsbibl Ms 7
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Revised Aratus Latinus Ophiuchus
I.
missing from ms
Dresden – winter hemisphere Paris – winter hemisphere rota Prague – winter hemisphere
n.b. – same as above, with n.b. – similar to above, in zodiac, Scorpio
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Scorpio in zodiac , note knot missing
Revised Aratus Latinus Ophiuchus
Ia.
Ib.
missing in manuscript
hemisphere
Gottweig, Stiftsbibl.
Ms 7 (146)
n.b. – faces away from viewer, Serpens faces Oph and
wraps around waist, both feet on Scorpio
missing in manuscript
I. (distant relative)
II.
Cologne, Dombibliothek
Ms 83.11
n.b. – walks with back towards viewer; Serpens faces Oph and crosses
with X at waist, no Scorpio
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ps-Bede, De signis caeli Ophiuchus
I.
Ia.
Dijon
Bib mun, Ms 488
n.b. – same
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ps-Bede, De signis caeli Ophiuchus
IIa.
Paris, BN Paris, BN
Lat 5543 Lat 5239
n.b. – faces away from viewer, Serpens faces Oph and n.b. – same
makes X at waist, both feet on Scorpio
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ps-Bede, De signis caeli Ophiuchus
IIb.
Klosterneuburg,
Stiftskirche, Ms 685 Zwettl, Stiftskirche
Vatican, BAV
n.b. – faces viewer, Serpens faces Ms 296
Vat lat 643
Oph and passes in front of waist, n.b. – faces viewer, Serpens crosses
n.b. – facess awa from viewer, Serpens
both feet on Scorpio cheat with X and also below neck, both
faces Oph with ‘breath’, crosses chest
with X, both feet on Scorpio feet on Scorpio
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ps-Bede, De signis caeli Ophiuchus
III.
Laon Rouen,
Bib mun, Ms 422 Bibl mun, 26
n.b. – Ophiuchus walks to right, facing viewer; Serpens n.b. – similar (?), damaged
bites nose and wraps around hips
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ps-Bede, De signis caeli Ophiuchus
Singletons
Amiens Freiburg-im-Bresgau
Bibl mun, Ms 222 Durham, Cathedral Libr Ms 35
Hunter 100 n.b. – back to viewer, Serpens faces Oph and
passes behind back at hips, no Scorpio
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ps-Bede, De signis caeli Ophiuchus
Singletons
Montecassino,
Badia, Ms 3
n.b. – walks to left, back to viewer; Serpens faces and
passes behind back, both feet on Scorpio
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De ordine ac positione Ophiuchus
Ia.
Ia. Ib.
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De ordine ac positione Ophiuchus
II.
Vienna, ONB
Vindob 387 31
same
De ordine ac positione Ophiuchus
III.
IV.
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De ordine ac positione Ophiuchus
V.
Singletons
35
Hyginus Ophiuchus
Ib.
36
Hyginus Ophiuchus
54
Hyginus Ophiuchus
III.
54
Hyginus Ophiuchus
IV.
V. (singleton)
40
Hyginus Ophiuchus
VI. (singleton)
Berlin, Staatsbibl.
Ms 8° 44 (Rose 962)
n.b. – faces away from viewer, Serpens
faces away and wraps around waist
Lyon, Bib mun, Pal des Lyon, Bib mun Munich, Staatsbibl
Arts 45 Ms 172 Germ 595
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similar similar
Hyginus Ophiuchus
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Hyginus Ophiuchus
London BL,
Roy Ms 13. A. XI
n.b. – facing viewer, with Serpens ‘breathing’ at Munich, Staatsbibl.
him and wrapped around body twice; both feet on Clm 10270
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Scorpio
Ophiuchus
Hyginus
IXa.
Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Mus Florence, BN Milan, Bibl. Ambrosiana Oxford, Bodleian Libr
Ms 260 Magl XI. 141 T. 47 sup Can. class lat 179
n.b. – female (!) facing viewer, n.b. – similar, but male and same - male same - male
Serpens faces Oph and makes an X Serpens passes in front of hips
at hips
Siena, Bib com Vatican, BAV Vatican, BAV Verona, Bibl capitolare
Ms L. VI. 25 Vat lat 3109 Vat lat 3109 Ms CCLXI
same - male same – female? same – female? same - male s44
Hyginus Ophiuchus
IXb. IXc.
Oxford, Bodleian Library Milan, Bibl Trivulziana Vatican, BAV Florence, BNC
Can misc 46 N. 690 (E 83) Vat lat 3110 Magl XI. 114,1
n.b. – similar – male, sharing same, but with cloak same
‘breath’
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Hyginus Ophiuchus
46
Hyginus Ophiuchus
IXf. IXg.
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Hyginus Ophiuchus
48
Ophiuchus
Hyginus - singletons
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Hyginus Ophiuchus
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Basinio da Parma Ophiuchus
Ia. Ib.
51
Basinio da Parma Ophiuchus
IIa.
52
Ophiuchus
Basinio da Parma
IIb.
53
Basinio da Parma Ophiuchus
III. IV.
V. VI.
?
?
55
Michael Scot Ophiuchus
N Italian Group – Ia.
57
Michael Scot Ophiuchus
58
Michael Scot Ophiuchus
59
Michael Scot Ophiuchus
Bohemian Group – IIIa.
60
Michael Scot Ophiuchus
Bohemian – IIIa. Bohemian – IIIb.
61
Michael Scot Ophiuchus
62
Ophiuchus
Michael Scot
? ?
64
Michael Scot Ophiuchus
German mss – IVa.
65
Michael Scot Ophiuchus
German mss – IVa.
66
Ophiuchus
Michael Scot
Paris, BN
Allem 106
n.b. – similar to Darmstadt, but female (!)
67
Ophiuchus
Michael Scot
Tubingen Univ-bibl.
Ms d 2
n.b. – similar to Darsmstadt Ophiuchus as child of Mercury
68
Michael Scot Ophiuchus
69
Michael Scot – German version Ophiuchus
? ? ?
? ? ?
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Michael Scot - derived Ophiuchus
Paris, BN,
Ital 81
n.b. – faces away from viewer, Serpens faces Oph, touching
nose with tongue, and waraps around waist, curl in right
hand, stands on Scorpio Modena, Bibl Estense
Ital 483 (α. P. 47)
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Michael Scot - derived Ophiuchus
Guido Bonatti
London, BL
Arundel Ms 66
n.b. – facses viewer, Serpens faces Oph and wraps around hips
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Michael Scot - derived Ophiuchus
Ludovicus de Angulo
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Michael Scot - derived Ophiuchus
Ludovicus de Angulo
Paris BN Paris BN
Paris BN
Fr 612 Lat 7344
Lat 6561
n.b. – similar, but much wilder, also note huge same
n.b. – similar
antennae on Scorpio
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Lambertus, Liber Floridus Ophiuchus
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Lambertus, Liber Floridus Ophiuchus
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Domenico d’Arezzo Ophiuchus
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Domenico d’Arezzo Ophiuchus
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Matteo Palmieri, Città di Virtù Ophiuchus
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Qasr cAmra Ophiuchus
cf. Beer 1932, p. 299 (reversed) n.b. – nude, standing away from viewer, snake horizontal with face to left, both
Oph feet on back of Sco
Eastern Globes Ophiuchus
83
non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Ophiuchus
? ?
84
non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Ophiuchus
? ?
85
non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Ophiuchus
? ?
86
non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Ophiuchus
87
non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Ophiuchus
? ?
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non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Ophiuchus
Paris BN Paris BN
Arabe 2488 Arabe 2489
mid-13th C, Ceuta (?) N Africa 1266-67 AD; Syria?
similar similar
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non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Ophiuchus
? ?
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non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Ophiuchus
91
non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Ophiuchus
Paris BN
Ms arabe 5036 Bologna, Bibl. Univ
c. 1430-40, Samarkand Ms 2953
similar 8 Oct 1500 AD
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non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Ophiuchus
93
non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Ophiuchus
Paris BN Paris BN
Arabe 2491 Arabe 2492
1770 AD 18th C
similar similar
94
non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Ophiuchus
? ? ?
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non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Ophiuchus
96
non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Ophiuchus
97
non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Ophiuchus
Paris BN
Arabe 6528
India, 1643-44
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non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Ophiuchus
101
Ophiuchus
non-Latin Eastern mss - Qazwini
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Sufi latinus – II Ophiuchus
Gotha, Forshungsbibl
Munich, Staatsbibl
Membr II 141
Clm 826
same
similar
105
Ophiuchus
Sufi latinus – III
109
Ophiuchus
Alfonsine Stellar Tables
110
Alfonsine Stellar Tables Ophiuchus
Vatican, BAV
Urb lat 1399 Oxford, Bodleian Library
n.b – same with separate Serpens as 2- Can misc 554
legged, winged dragon n.B – three versions of Ophiuchus (with possible contamination
Lator serpentis serpens with Andromeda in female figure ?) and Serpens as a separate 2-
legged winged dragon
111
Alfonsine Stellar Tables Ophiuchus
112
‘Ptolemaic’ stellar tables / picture books Ophiuchus
113
‘Ptolemaic’ stellar tables Ophiuchus
Augsburg, Univ-bibl.
Cod II 1.2o 110
115
‘Ptolemaic’ picture books Ophiuchus
Florence, BNC,
Cambridge MA Basle, Univ-Bib
Ms Angeli 1147
Houghton, Typ 43 Ms F. II. 33
n.b. – faces away from viewer to right, Serpens looks away
n.b. – faces viewer; Serpens n.b. – facing viewer nude, straddling
and has multiple curls
faces away and wraps around Serpens who looks away from Oph,
waist, curl in neck and tail curls in neck and tail
116
‘Ptolemaic’ stellar tables Ophiuchus
117
Hebrew Stellar Tables Ophiuchus
northern hemisphere
n.b. – faces viewer, Serpens faces away, both feet on Scorpio 118
Seneca, Tragedies (comm. Nicolas Trevet) Ophiuchus
120
Miscellaneous images Ophiuchus
Cusanus globe
© Petr Hadrava
n.b. – back to viewer, Serpens faces Oph
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Miscellaneous (mantle of Henry II) Ophiuchus
122
Miscellaneous Ophiuchus
Triptolemus Ophiuchus/Serpentraius
Plaque from ivory casket, St Peter’s throne – right slope of gable
Cividale, Museo archeologico cf: Weitzmann
cf: Weitzmann, Greek Mythol., 1951, pp.
155-56
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Miscellaneous Ophiuchus
Dürer, Aesclepius with snake and glass Francesco di Giorgio, Aesculapius or Laocoon
c. 1500 Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlung
Berlin, Staatliche Museen
124
Miscellaneous Ophiuchus
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