Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, MS C 54, fol. 41v

Made in Nuremberg around 1472, this German manuscript is titled Vom Einfluß der Gestirne auf die Gesundheit und den Charakter des Menschen, which roughly translates as 'on the influence of the stars on the health and character of a man'. Richly illuminated, it was commissioned by Erasmus and Dorothea Schurstab from Nuremberg, who are shown in prayer below the crucified Christ on the manuscript's frontispiece (below).

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