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The Air and the Wind
Nicolaus Pergaminus and Mayno de' Mayneri1480
The Royal Society
London, United Kingdom
Seventh dialogue taken from the incunabula Dyalogus creatuaru optime moralisatus, "Dialogues of creatures moralised" published in 1480. The moral allegories contain sayings related to meteorology and astronomy. The seventh dialogue relates to the air and the wind and includes a hand-coloured wood-cut engraving representing the wind as an anthropomorphic entity.
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Details
- Title: The Air and the Wind
- Creator: Nicolaus Pergaminus, Mayno de' Mayneri
- Date Created: 1480
- Provenance: Met Office, National Meteorological Archive
- Rights: @ Met Office
- External Link: Discover the collections of the National Meteorological Library and Archive
- Field: Weather, Weather Lore, Wind
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