CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY IN LITERATURE AND ART 671jag, Riomhunc a 2ona & rdfquo corporesequinc&ia'
gSvyt frs circulus diuidic cum taurodecertantem colloca
' tumidcxtramanuclauamtenentem & mcin&um
cnfcfpe&antem ad occafum:& occidentem exorta
Jv fcorpionispoftenore parte & fagiâarîo cxoriente;
cum cancro autem totocorporepariter exurgcntcm.Hichafeet
in capite ftellas très claras.in utrifcp humeri's fingulasan cubiro
dextro pbfcuram unam.in manu fïmilé unâan zona frcs.in eo
quo gladius dus dcformatur très obfcuras.in utrifcp gcnibus
fingulas clarasan pedibus fingulas obfcuras.Omnino funt dc^
ccmôcfcptcm»On'on. Woodcut from Hygini Poeticon Astronomicon Liber, T. de Blavis, Venice, 1488. Hy-
ginus' mythological summary was printed by Erhard Radtolt at Venice in 1485, the first
printed book to have woodcuts illustrating the constellations named after mythological
figures and emblems. His blocks were used by other printers: in the case of Orion, de
Blavis reversed the figure (Orion wields the club in his left hand). Orion is represented
as a medieval knight whose armor overwhelms the seventeen stars of the constellation.
Smith College, Mortimer Rare Book Room.