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Astrologia

from The Mantegna Tarocchi, c. 1465

A winged woman with a starry crown holds a rod in one hand and gazes at a starry globe, a sphere studded with small stars, that floats beside her. Astrology, which in the 1460s meant astronomy too. The plate carries a slip: the Roman numeral reads XXXVIIII (39) while the Arabic numeral in the corner correctly says 29, and every impression repeats the mistake.

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