Occult Literature
Johann Hartlieb beside the Window
A capped scholar raises one hand beside a window filled with round panes. His other hand rests above an inscribed panel. The printed caption identifies Johann Hartlieb and names Die Kunst Ciromantia with the date 1448, placing the portrait within the manual’s account of earlier writing on the hand.
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Illustrator not identified. "Johann Hartlieb beside the Window" [editorial title]. In A Manual of Cheirosophy, Edward Heron-Allen. 1885 Ward, Lock first edition; Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh copy, Internet Archive b21931938, 1885, Ward, Lock and Co.. Source scan leaf 8. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0292-0008
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
A diagram from the author’s historical symbolic system, reproduced as a source document rather than a scientifically validated account.
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Illustrator not identified. Johann Hartlieb beside the Window. A Manual of Cheirosophy. Scan leaf 8. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0292-0008