Celestial Family

Northern and Southern Zodiacal Hemispheres Arranged in Concentric Order, 15th century, Miniature from Miscellanea astronomica, Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.

The concentric arrangement of the austral and boreal constellations is typical of images from late antiquity and the Middle Ages that illustrate the Aratea,* and articulate the unifying, harmonic working together of the cosmos.

*Astrology,Magic,and Alchemy in Art