Classical images – Greek Cepheus
Boston MFA (formerly) Malibu, Getty Museum Red-figure vase Apulian red-figure volute krater, c. 430-420 BC Figure of elderly man (Cepheus?) from theoi.com on back of Andromeda vase n.b. – older man as Cepheus ?
1 Classical images – Greek Cepheus
Berlin Antikensammlungen Campanian red-figure Hydria 375-25 BC (inv. 3238) n.b. -- male figure to left = Cepheus?
2 Classical images – Greek Cepheus
NY, Met Mus From Boscotrecase, Villa Agrippa Posthumous, last decade 1st C BC n.b. – Perseus and Cepheus at right? 3 Classical globes Cepheus
Naples, Farnese Atlas from Thiele Bentley’s Manilius © Petr Hadrava
Paris, Kugel Globe Mainz globe drawing © E. Kunzl 4
Germanicus mss Cepheus
I. = z stemma
missing from manuscript
Leiden, Univbibl Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bibl. Mun. Bern, Burgerbibl, Voss lat 4° 79 Ms 188 Ms 88 n.b. – tiara n.b. – same
vs. planisphere vs. planisphere 5 n.b. – no cape n.b. – no cape Germanicus mss Cepheus II and III. = O stemma (O1 or ν ) II. III.
vs. hemisphere n.b. – no attributes
Basle, OBU Aberystwyth, NLW Ms AN.IV . 18 Ms 735 C – tiara with floating tassels; cf n.b. – tiara, sword ps-Bede Paris BN 5543 and 5239
vs. schema
vs. planisphere vs. planisphere 6 no attributes n.b. – hands lowered
Germanicus mss Cepheus
IV. = O stemma (O2 or μ ) Va. = O stemma (O2 or μ = Siciliensis)
Cologny, Bib Bodmer NY, Pierpont Morgan Libr Cod lat 7 Ms M 389 n.b. – hood, sword same
Vb.
Madrid, Bib nac Ms 19 (16) n.b. – conical hat, sword Vatican, BAV Barb lat 76 7 same
Germanicus mss = ‘Siciliensis’ Cepheus
VI.
London BL Egerton 1050 n.b. – nude (! ), sword
VII. = fragmentum ... repertum in Sicilia
London BL Naples, Bib naz Add 15819 XIV D 37 8 n.b. – hood, sword, dark skin (?) n.b. – same
Germanicus mss ( = ‘Siciliensis’) Cepheus VIIIa.
Madrid Bib Nac Vatican, BAV Vienna, Schottenstift Ms 8282 Barb lat 77 Ms 51 n.b. – hood, sword same same
VIIIb. VIIIc. IX.
Vatican,BAV Florence, Bibl Laurenziana Montpellier Urb lat 1358 Plut 89 sup 43 Ms H 452 9 same, but older and without hood same, hooded n.b. – nude (!), no attributes
Ps-Eratosthenes Cepheus
planisphere – hat, no attributes
hemisphere – hat, no attributes Vatican BAV, Vat grec 1087 n.b. – soft hat, raised cloak, no attributes 10 Cicero Cepheus
missing from manuscript missing from manuscript
London, BL London, BL London, BL Harley 647 Harley 647 – planisphere Harley 2506 n.b. – pointed hat, sword
missing from manuscript missing from manuscript missing from manuscript
London, BL London, BL Gottweig, 11 Cotton ms Tib B.V., pars 1 Cotton Ms Tib C. 1 Stiftsbibl Ms 7
Revised Aratus Latinus Cepheus
I.
Dresden, Landesbibl. Paris BN Prague, Univbibl Ms D C 183 – Lat 12957 Ms IX. C. 6 (1717) n.b. – no attributes , flowing cape n.b. – tiara, flowing cape n.b. – tiara, flowing cape
missing from ms?
Dresden – winter hemisphere Paris – winter hemisphere 12 no attributes n.b. – standing on bear
Revised Aratus Latinus Cepheus
Ia.
St Gallen, Stiftsbibl winter hemisphere Ms 902 standing on Bear n.b. – tiara, flowing cape
St Gallen, Stiftsbibl winter hemisphere Ms 250 standing on Bear 13 same
Revised Aratus Latinus Cepheus
Ib.
missing in manuscript
Gottweig, Stiftsbibl. on hemisphere Ms 7 (146) – n.b. – mitre and halo, no attributes
missing in manuscript
Siena, Bib com on hemisphere Ms L. IV. 25 same 14
Revised Aratus Latinus Cepheus
I. (distant relative)
missing in manuscript
Paris BN Munich, Staatsbibl. Vatican, BAV n.a. 1614 Clm 560 Reg lat 1324 n.b. – no attributes n.b. – seated on throne
Image missing
winter hemisphere hemisphere winter hemisphere n.b. – same; standing on Scorpion (!) n.b. – seated on throne 15 Revised Aratus Latinus Cepheus
II.
missing from manuscript
Cologne, Dombibliothek Ms 83.11
16 ps-Bede, De signis caeli Cepheus
I.
Oxford, Bodleian Padua, Bibl Antoniona Venice, Bib Marciana Paris BN Laud misc 644 Ms Anton 27 Ms VIII, 22 lat. 14754 n.b. – scabbard only same n.b. – sword, female ? scabbard
Ia.
Dijon Bib mun, Ms 488 17 n.b. – flying scabbard and strap ps-Bede, De signis caeli Cepheus
IIa.
Paris, BN Paris, BN Lat 5543 Lat 5239 n.b. – mitre with floating tassels (cf Aberystwyth) same 18 ps-Bede, De signis caeli Cepheus
IIb.
Klosterneuburg, Zwettl, Stiftskirche Vatican, BAV Stiftskirche, Ms 685 Ms 296 Vat lat 643 n.b. – cap with straps same same
19 ps-Bede, De signis caeli Cepheus
III.
Laon, Rouen, Bib mun, Bib mun, Ms 422 Ms 26 n.b. – no attributes damaged, only hand survives
20 ps-Bede, De signis caeli Cepheus
Singletons
missing from manuscript missing from manuscript
Durham, Cathedral Libr Amiens Hunter 100 Bib mun, Ms 222
Freiburg-im-Bresgau Montecassino, Ms 35 Badia, Ms 3 n.b. – cap n.b. – cap 21
De ordine ac positione Cepheus
Ia.
Berlin, Staatsbibl, Berlin planisphere Ms lat 130 (Phill 1832) n.b.– cap, floating scabbard
Monza, Bib capit winter hemisphere Madrid, Bib Nac Ms F. 9/176 (246) nude Ms 3307 same same 22 De ordine ac positione Cepheus Ib.
Vatican BAV, Vat lat 645 n.b.– cap, floating scabbard
II.
missing from manuscript
Munich, Staatsbibl. planisphere Vienna, ONB Ms clm 210 Vindob 387 n.b. – no attributes 23 De ordine ac positione Cepheus III.
missing from manuscript
Austin TX, Harry Ransom, Paris BN, lat n.a. 1614 St Petersburg, Nat Libr Univ of Texas, Ms 29 Ms Q v IX, no 2 n.b. – flying scabbard n.b. – cap, seated
IV.
Paris BN Vatican BAV, lat 12117 Reg lat 309 24 n.b.– no attributes same De ordine ac positione Cepheus
V.
Los Angeles, Getty Mus Paris BN, Ludwig XII, 5 lat 8663 n.b. – no attributes same
Singletons
missing from manuscript
Vienna, ONB Reykjavik Vindob 12600 Ms 1812 25 n.b. – half-figure, no attributes
Hyginus Cepheus
Ia.
S Paul im Lavantthal Florence, Bibl Laurenziana Leiden, Univ-blbl Ms 16/1 (XXV. 4. 20 Ms Plut 29.30 Voss 8°18 n.b. – no attributes, stacked n.b. – no attributes n.b. – hat, no attributes images
Ib.
Wolfenbüttel, Herz Aug London BL Ms 18. 16. Aug 4° Arundel 339 26 n.b. – no attributes, stacked images same, stacked images
Hyginus Cepheus Ic. (singleton) II. (singleton)
Vienna ONB Leiden Univ-bibl Vindob 51 Voss lat 4° 92 n.b. – no attributes, walking n.b. – same. standing
III.
Leiden Univ-bibl Vatican BAV Vat Reg lat 123 -- planisphere Voss lat 8° 15 Reg lat 123 standing on Bear 27 n.b. – tiara with flying straps (ps-Bede) n.b. – 2 horned animals; club
Hyginus Cepheus
IV. V. (singleton)
Oxford, Bodleian Libr Oxford, Bodleian Libr Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery Bodley 614 Digby 83 (SC 1684) Ms 734 n.b. – seated king same n.b. – cap, no attributes
28 Hyginus Cepheus
VI. (singleton) VI- related: German Star Books (‘secundum Hyginum’)
? ?
Lyon, Bib mun, Pal des Lyon, Bib mun Munich, Staatsbibl Berlin, Staatsbibl. Arts 45 Ms 172 Germ 595 Ms 8° 44 (Rose 962) same, with knife (!) n.b. – standing king
?
Munich, Staatsbibl Vatican BAV Vatican BAV Wolfenbüttel Herz Aug Clm 59 Pal.lat. 1369 Pal.lat. 1389 Guelf 81 24 Aug 1 same same, with knife same 29
Hyginus Cepheus
VII. (singleton) VIII. (singleton)
London BL, Munich, Staatsbibl. Roy Ms 13. A. XI Clm 10270 n.b. – tiara, no attributes; stacked images n.b. – cap, sword
30 Hyginus Cepheus 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. – no attributes n.b. – mitre, no attributes, belt same same
missing from manuscript
Siena, Bib com Vatican, BAV Vatican, BAV Verona, Bibl capitolare Ms L. VI. 25 Vat lat 3109 Vat lat 3109 Ms CCLXI 31 same, with big tiara, large belt similar same, large belt
Hyginus Cepheus
IXb. IXc.
Milan, Bibl Trivulziana Vatican, BAV Florence, BNC Oxford, Bodleian Library N. 690 (E 83) Vat lat 3110 Magl XI. 114,1 Can misc 46 same, normal tiara same n.b. – large tiara
32 Hyginus Cepheus IXd. (distant singleton) IXe.
Florence, Bibl Laurenziana Pavia, Bibl Univ Vatican., BAV Ashburnam 1148 Aldini 490 Urb lat 1358 n.b. – tiara, wide belt tiara same IXf. IXg.
New York, Public Library Freiberg, Andreas-Möller-Bibl. Florence, Bib Naz Spencer Ms 28 Cl XI 4o 9 Plut 89, sup 43 33 n.b. – crown and tiara same n.b. – cap and sword (cf. Michael Scot)
Hyginus Cepheus
X. (singleton) XI. (singleton)
Vatican, BAV Cortona, Lib del Comune Chigi H. IV. 20 Ms 184 (256) n.b. – seen from rear; underdrawing n.b. – kneeling, crown
34 Hyginus Cepheus
? missing from manuscript missing from manuscript
Cambrai, Bibl Mun. Cambridge, Trinity College Leiden, Univ.-bibl. Ms 933 (832) Ms R 15 32 Gronovius 21
35 Hyginus Cepheus
Venice: Ratdolt, 1482
cf Michael Scot Vienna ÖNB Vindob 3111 same
36 Basinio da Parma Cepheus Ia. Ib.
Rimini, Cassa di Risparmio Cambridge, CUL (London Sotheby’s sale 1992) Dd IV 64 n.b. – tiara same
IIa.
?
Oxford, Bodleian Libr Parma, Bib Palatina, Venice, Bibl Marciana Bodley 646 Parm 1008 XII, 194 (4148) 37 n.b. – conical hat, drop sleeves same same
Basinio da Parma Cepheus
IIb.
Parma, Bibl Palatina Rome Bibl Casanatense Munich, BSB Parm 27 Ms 4059 Clm 15743 n.b. – mitre, wide belt same same
38 Basinio da Parma Cepheus
III. IV.
missing from manuscript
Bologna, Bibl Com London, Wellcome Coll Ms 173 WMS 122 mitre V. VI.
?
Ravenna, Bib Classense Florence, Bibl Marucelliana Ms 120 Ms C. CCLI 39 n.b. – with tiara cf. Michael Scot
Basinio da Parma Cepheus
? ?
Krakow, Padua, Bibl. Universitaria Rps BJ 3706 Cod 983
40 Michael Scot Cepheus
N Italian Group – Ia.
Munich, Staatsbibl Oxford, Bodleian Libr Clm 10268 Bodley Ms 266 n.b. – soft cap with strap, sword, money bag same
Cepheus est ut homo bene vestitus, habens ensem cum vagina pendentem ad collum et bursam ad cincturam. Ert bene calciatus, tenens bracia extensa ut sacerdos ad altare. (ed. Ackermann 2009, pp. 236-39)
41 Michael Scot Cepheus
N Italian Group – Ib.
?
Vatican, BAV St Petersburg, Nat Libr Vat lat 4087 A Ms lat F V IX, no. 1 n.b. – cap with straps, sword, purse
42 Michael Scot Cepheus
N Italian Group – Ic. N Italian Group – Id. N Italian Group – Ie.
?
Vienna, ONB Padua, Bibl Seminario Warsaw, BN, Vindob 3394 Cod. 48 B Baw 46 n.b. – same n.b. – blood, veil
43 Michael Scot Cepheus
Venetian Group – IIa. Venetian Group – IIb.
image excised from manuscript image missing from manuscript
London BL London, Wellcome Coll Milan, Ambrosiana Add 41600 Ms 509 Ms I 90 sup same
44 Michael Scot Cepheus Bohemian Group – IIIa.
Vienna, ONB Vienna, ONB Vindob 2352 Vindob 2378 same same
45 Michael Scot Cepheus Bohemian – IIIa. Bohemian – IIIb.
?
Prague NK, Paris BN Ms III. C. 2 lat 7408A same
46 Michael Scot Cepheus
Bohemian – IIIc. Bohemian – IIId.
only zodiac signs
Vienna, ONB Cambridge, MA Vindob 5442 Harvard, Houghton same Libr., Typ 43
47 Michael Scot Cepheus
Edinburgh, Royal Observatory Florence, BNC Ms Cr 3. 23 Magl. XXII, 22 same, but no cap
?
Klosterneuburg, Augustiner Ch-Stift, Krakow, Bibl Jagiellonska Ms CCI 125 Rps 573 48 n.b. – same, with crown over cap
Michael Scot Cepheus
Prague, Narodni Knihova Seville, Bibl Columbina Ms XXXVI A 3 Ms. 7.7.1 same, no cap n.b. – no attributes
49 Michael Scot Cepheus German mss – IVa.
Darmstadt, Hess Hochschulbibl. Berlin, Staatsbibl Ms 266 Ms germ fol 244 n.b. – sword only n.b. – cap, sword only
Salzburg, Studienbibl Vatican, BAV 2 G 8/13 Pal lat 1370 50 n.b. – sword only same
Michael Scot Cepheus
German mss – IVa.
Paris, BN Allem 106 n.b. – no attributes, drop sleeves
51 Michael Scot Cepheus
German mss – IVb.
?
?
Tubingen Univ-bibl. paranatellonta rota Wolfenbüttel, Herz Aug Bibl Ms d 2 Ms Guelph 29 14 Aug 4° n.b. – sword
52 Michael Scot – German version Cepheus
? ? ?
Coburg, Bayerisches Landesbibl. Edinburgh, Royal Observatory Libr. Freiburg, Univ-bibl. Ms 5 Ms Cr 4 6 Ms 458
? ?
Heidelberg Univ-bibl. Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibl. Nürnberg, Germanisches Nationalmus. Pal germ 832 Ms K 2790 Ms 7082 53 n.b. – with crown
Michael Scot - derived Cepheus
Venice: Ratdolt, 1482 Bartolommeo da Parma
?
Metz, Bibl mun cf. Michael Scot Cambridge, Emmanuel College Ms 287 Ms 70 n.b. – sword only
54 Michael Scot - derived Cepheus
Fazio degli Uberti
Paris, BN, Modena, Bibl Estense Ital 81 Ital 483 (α. P. 47) n.b. – cap and sword only same
55 Michael Scot - derived Cepheus Guido Bonatti
London, BL Arundel Ms 66 sword only
56 Michael Scot - derived Cepheus
Ludovicus de Angulo
St Gallen, Vadianische Libr Florence, Bibl. Riccardiana Madrid, BN Ms 427 Ms 3011 Ms 9267 n.b. – sword only n.b. – sword only, nude (!) n.b. – sword and purse; names confused with Bootes*
Zepheus Inflammatus Sucensus *Archas *Cecius *Custos plaustrum Senarturus
57 Michael Scot - derived Cepheus Ludovicus de Angulo
?
Paris BN Paris BN Paris BN Lat 6561 Fr 612 Lat 7344 n.b. – with sword and purse, raising cup n.b. – sword and purse
58 Lambertus, Liber Floridus Cepheus
Hague Hague Paris, BN Lat 8865 Chantilly 724 (1596) Ms 72.A Ms 128 C same same n.b. – no attributes same
?
Leiden, Univ-bibl Ghent Paris, BN Wolfenbüttel, WDB, Ms 1° 31 Ms 92 Lat 9675 Ms Gud lat 1 same, female (?) same same
59 Domenico d’Arezzo Cepheus
Vatican BAV Madrid, BN Val Lat 3121 Ms 1983 n.b. – kneeling with crown on hat same
60 Domenico d’Arezzo Cepheus
? ? missing from manuscript ?
Fermo, Bibl. Com. Florence, Bibl. Laurenziana London, Lambeth Palace Ms 4 Aedil 170 Ms 35
61 Matteo Palmieri, Città di Virtù Cepheus
Florence, Bibl Laurenziana detail from planisphere Plut 40 53 no attributes n.b. – no attributes, youthful
62 Eastern Globes Cepheus
Florence,Mus delle Scienze, no. 2712 Paris globe GA 325 dated 1025 AD
Smithsonian Mus, no 72-3085 BM – Malcolm globe n.b. – ‘inflammatus’ n.b. – tiara 63 non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita)
Doha, Mus of Islamic Art Istanbul, Süleymaniye Libr Ms 2. 1998. SO (= Sotheby’s 1998, Ms Fatih Kütüphanesi 3422 lot 34) 1125/26 AD; Mārdin Dated April 1125 AD; Baghdād n.b. – tall hat n.b. – one clothed, one nude 64 non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Cepheus
Istanbul, Topkapī Sarayī Oxford, Bodleian Libr Ahmet II 3493 Huntington Ms 212 1130-31 AD, Mayyafariqin, SE Turkey 1170/71 AD; Mosul n.b. – tall hat n.b. – pointed hat
65 non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Cepheus
?
Oxford, Bodleian Libr Berlin, Staatsbibl. Ms Marsh 144 Ms qu or 704 1009-1010 AD; Shiraz (?), Iran c. 1203
?
Vatican, BAV Berlin, Staatsbibl. Ross 1033 Landberg 71 66 1224 AD, Ceuta (?) N Africa Aug/Sept 1233; Mosul non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Cepheus
Istanbul, Suleymanie Libr Ayasofia 2595 1249-50 AD; Alamut (?) Iran
67 non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Cepheus
Paris BN Paris BN Arabe 2488 Arabe 2489 mid-13th C, Ceuta (?) N Africa 1266-67 AD; Syria? n.b. – interesting hat
68 non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Cepheus
? ?
Oxford, Bodleian Libr London BL Cairo, National Libr Pococke 257 Or 5323 Ms Dar al-Kutub miqãt 390 1303/04; Aleppo 1260-80; Maragha (?), NW Iran 1300 AD
?
Escorial NY, Metropolitan Mus Ms 915 Ms Rogers Fund 1913 69 20 March 1364 AD c. 1400, Samarkand non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Cepheus
?
Paris BN Bologna, Bibl. Univ Ms arabe 5036 Ms 2953 c. 1430-40, Samarkand 8 Oct 1500 AD
?
Dublin, Chester Beatty Libr Paris BN Ms Ar 4119 Arabe 2490 70 1504/05 AD 1516/17 AD non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Cepheus
Paris BN Paris BN Arabe 2492 Arabe 2491 18th C 1770 AD
71 non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Cepheus
? ? ?
Dublin, Chester Beatty Libr London BL Istanbul, Perter Pasa Libr Ms Ar 4222 Add ms 7488 Ms 375 16th C; Iran 16th C 16th C
Copenhagen, Kong. Bibl. Ms arabe 83 25 May 1602 AD; Medina; copied from copy dated 1013/14 72 AD believed to be al-Sufi’s own copy non-Latin Eastern mss (al-Sufi, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) Cepheus
St Petersburg, Inst Or Studs Princeton, Univ Libr Ms n.s. 191 Ms Garrett 2259 Yehuda 16th C; Istanbul ? al-Sufi, dated 3 Jan 1607 – crown
Paris BN Arabe 6528 73 India, 1643-44 – turban non-Latin Eastern mss – al-Sufi translations, etc. Cepheus
?
al-Sufi, at-Tusi transl???
?
Tehran, Riza ‘Abbasi Libr Ms M. 570 Ibn-al-Sufi (son) 74 1159-60 AD non-Latin Eastern mss - Qazwini Cepheus
?
St Petersburg, Ms E (?) Baltimore, Walters Art Gall Paris BN Qazwini Ms W 359 Arabe 2178 Qazwini – crown 1762-63 AD – turban
?
Washington DC, Freer Location unknown Ms 1954 -52 (ex-Sarre) Mughal, 17th c Qazwini Qazwini 75 Sufi latinus – I (stellatio cheichius latine et ipse est inflammatus) Cepheus
Paris, Bibl Arsenale Ms 1036 n.b. – tall rounded hat 76 Sufi latinus – II Cepheus
Prague, Strahov DA. II. 33 Berlin, Staatsbibl, KK same Ms 78 D 12 n.b. – same
77 Sufi latinus – II Cepheus
Gotha, Forshungsbibl Munich, Staatsbibl Membr II 141 Clm 826 same same 78 Sufi latinus – III Cepheus
Catania, Bibl Univ Vienna, ONB Ms Univ Ar, 387 Cod 5318 same (hat Westernized) same (pointing) 79 Sufi latinus IV Cepheus
Bernkastel-Kues, Nicolaus hosp. Ms 207 same
80 Alfonsine iconography Cepheus
El Escorial Ms h 115 n.b. – only 1 (?)
Vatican BAV Los Angeles, Getty Mus Vatican BAV Vat lat 8174 Ms Ludwig XII, 7 Reg lat 1283a ... chiamasi questa figura in latino Figura inflammatus In greco dicitur cayfeoa at in 81 Inflammatis et in arabico almultahib arabico amultahib
Alfonsine Stellar Tables Cepheus
Oxford, Bodleian Libr Vatican, BAV Oxford, Bodleian Rawl C 117 Urb lat 1399 Can class misc 554 n.b. – flaming hand same Stellatio cheychius latine et ipse est inflammatus
82 Alfonsine Stellar Tables Cepheus
Bergamo, Bibl A Mai Vatican, BAV Ms Sigma II 2 Vat lat 3099 Stellatio inflammatus same
83 ‘Ptolemaic’ stellar tables / picture books Cepheus
Cepheus = Cepheus =
stellacio inflammati et Forma et stelle thecius dicitur est cechius sive latine et ipse est cepheus inflammatus seu boetes
vel arthophilax
Thecius
Inflammatus Bootes = Boetes Arthophilax Stellacio plorantis sive ululans dicitur arthophylax sive Bootes = vociferans
Forma et stelle thegnus et ipse est ululans eius intentio est vociferans et dicitur etiam cepheus. Arthos vel Boetes
Thegnius Ululans Vociferans Cepheus
Brussels, Bib Roy Vatican BAV Ms 10117-26 Pal lat 1368 n.b. – with sword; also note confusion with Bootes’ n.b. – raised club; similar confusion of postures but labels accurate 84 names and configuration
‘Ptolemaic’ stellar tables Cepheus
Cepheus = Cepheus = Stellacio cochyus qui Forma et stelle thechius latine est inflammatus latine et ipse est inflammatus seu [ends Inflammatus = incompletely] Bruccensus Boetis Boetes sive Artophilax Arthophilax Artchas Ceycheus
Bootes = Labels without image (?) Dyabolus = Forma et stelle thegnus Visus et ipse est alulans eius Gosmasici (?) intentio est vociferans Genufelexus Tegnius Ululans Vociferans Cepheus dicitur hic Ululans Bootes =
Stellacio tegnius et ipse est ululans
Lanceator
Vatican BAV Torun Pal lat 1377 Ms 35 n.b. – confusion with labels and postures with Bootes n.b. – confusion with labels and postures with Bootes and Hercules; also ‘Bootes’ with faint second drawing 85
‘Ptolemaic’ stellar tables Cepheus
?
Augsburg, Univ-bibl. Cod II 1.2o 110
86 ‘Ptolemaic’ picture books Cepheus
Cambridge MA Florence, BNC, Houghton, Typ 43 Ms Angeli 1147 n.b. – tall hat n.b. – seen from back, tall hat Cheichius id est inflammatus et dicitur pastor (!)
Basle, Univ-Bib Ms F. II. 33 n.b. – postures and attributes suggest Cepheus and Bootes are mis-labelled 87
‘Ptolemaic’ stellar tables Cepheus
Vienna ONB Vienna ONB 5415 Vienna 5415 northern hemisphere n.b. – vertical sword, orb, purse, pointed hat n.b. – seen from back with pointed hat
88 Hebrew Stellar Tables Cepheus
Phildelphia, U Penn Vienna, ONB Ms LJS 57 Hebrew 132 n.b. – tall hat
northern hemisphere 89 Seneca, Tragedies (comm. Nicolas Trevet) Cepheus
? missing from manuscript missing from manuscript
Padua, Univ . Bibl. Vatican BAV Vatican BAV Cod 896 Urb lat 355 Vat lat 1650
90 Miscellaneous images Cepheus
Bernkastel-Kues Darmstadt, , Univ- and Landesbibl. St Nicholas-Hospital Ms 1020 Ms 212 (hemispheres) northern hemisphere n.b. – floating scabbard n.b. – standing on bear
91 Miscellaneous images Cepheus
Cusanus globe
92 Miscellaneous images Cepheus
Rome, Sta Maria in Trastevere Rome, Catacombs of Priscilla Narthex figure praying – ‘orans’ position figure praying – ‘orans’ position
93