PIETRO BUONACCORSI, CALLED PERINO DEL VAGA (FLORENCE 1501-1547 ROME) A group of male figures (recto); A map of the winds (verso) with inscription ‘Perino del Vaga’ (lower left) and extensive diagrammatic annotations on the verso: at top left and right: Ventorum Regiones and horarumque indicatio [i. e., indication of the regions of the winds and hours]; outer ring, from top, clockwise: pluioso [?], africus, [ce zefiro], ce zefiro, [ch]auru[s], boreas, trame quadrum [?; and crosswise:] aquilone, [sun symbol], eurus; middle ring, from top, clockwise: austerus, [libonotus] altanus, [africus] libonotus, [subvesperus] africus, [illegible, for argestes], subve[speru]s, a[rgestes], f[a]von[ius], e[tes]iae, circ[ius], ch[urus], corus, tracias, setentrio, [gallicus], supernas, aquilone, [carbas] boreas, carbas, solanus, or[nithiae], caecias, eurus, vulturnus, leuconotus; innermost ring, divided into 8 from top, clockwise: mere/dies, [for meredies], africus, ocidens, chaurus, seten/trio, aquiline, oriens/et [?] euro, eurus; at center: mondo [?] pen and brown ink, incised circles and a hole from a compass at the center of the circles (verso) 6 3/8 x 6 ½ in. (16.3 x 16.5 cm)
PIETRO BUONACCORSI, CALLED PERINO DEL VAGA (FLORENCE 1501-1547 ROME) A group of male figures (recto); A map of the winds (verso) with inscription ‘Perino del Vaga’ (lower left) and extensive diagrammatic annotations on the verso: at top left and right: Ventorum Regiones and horarumque indicatio [i. e., indication of the regions of the winds and hours]; outer ring, from top, clockwise: pluioso [?], africus, [ce zefiro], ce zefiro, [ch]auru[s], boreas, trame quadrum [?; and crosswise:] aquilone, [sun symbol], eurus; middle ring, from top, clockwise: austerus, [libonotus] altanus, [africus] libonotus, [subvesperus] africus, [illegible, for argestes], subve[speru]s, a[rgestes], f[a]von[ius], e[tes]iae, circ[ius], ch[urus], corus, tracias, setentrio, [gallicus], supernas, aquilone, [carbas] boreas, carbas, solanus, or[nithiae], caecias, eurus, vulturnus, leuconotus; innermost ring, divided into 8 from top, clockwise: mere/dies, [for meredies], africus, ocidens, chaurus, seten/trio, aquiline, oriens/et [?] euro, eurus; at center: mondo [?] pen and brown ink, incised circles and a hole from a compass at the center of the circles (verso) 6 3/8 x 6 ½ in. (16.3 x 16.5 cm)
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