Apr 25
Byrhtferth's Diagram of the Microcosm and Macrocosm. Makers of science. 1923.
An 11th century monk attempted to show a correspondence between everything in the universe. That a fourfold structure underlies nature, time, the human body, and the cosmos.
The four elements — Earth, Fire, Water, Air
The four cardinal directions — East, North, South, West
The four seasons — Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring
The four solstices and equinoxes
The four qualities — hot, cold, wet, dry
The four winds
Various zodiac signs and months along the outer rings
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