St. Gallen, Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 427 : Ludovicus de Angulo (Louis de Langle), De Figura seu imagine mundi

The cosmology of the Lyon physician and astrologer Louis de Lange treats the formation of the world and describes the earth and the stars in the sky. The illustrations of the decans, showing the subdivision of each of the twelve signs of the zodiac into three astrological sections, are worthy of particular attention. Despite the attractive illustration, the work was not very popular; only a few ma…