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Bodleian, MS Ashmole 5, fol. 34v

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Bodleian, MS Ashmole 5, fol. 34v
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Bodleian, MS Ashmole 5
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Another copy of Nicholas of Lynn's astronomical text, MS Ashmole 5 is an English manuscript made after 1387. In this version of the zodiac man, each zodiac sign holds an unfurled roll that labels the symbol and its correlating body part.