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[[Astronomy]] and [[astrology]] were closely linked in the 12th Century.
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"Fors estroit, si gardoit en l'er,
  
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Vit Orent et Lucifer.
  
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Des estoiles le cors savoit,
  
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Les set planestres devisoit;
  
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Il savoit bein que ert a estre:
  
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Qant il oiet un enfant nestre,
  
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Les pointz contot toz de sa vie."
  
   
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"He was outdoors, he looked up at the sky,
  
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"Fors estroit, si gardoit en l'er,
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and he saw Orion and Venus.
  
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Vit Orent et Lucifer.
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He knew the course of the stars
  
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Des estoiles le cors savoit,
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and observed the seven planets.
  
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Les set planestres devisoit;
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He knew the future,
  
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Il savoit bein que ert a estre:
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and when he saw a baby born
  
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Qant il oiet un enfant nestre,
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he could foretell its entire life."
  
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Les pointz contot toz de sa vie."
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"He was outdoors, he looked up at the sky,
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and he saw Orion and Venus.
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He knew the course of the stars
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and observed the seven planets.
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He knew the future,
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and when he saw a baby born
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he could foretell its entire life."
 
[[Beroul's "Tristan"]] Translated: Norris J. Lacy 1989
  
[[Beroul's "Tristan"]] Translated: Norris J. Lacy 1989
   
   
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see also:
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*[[Astronomy]]
   
 
External links:
  
External links:
 
* http://explorers.whyte.com/astrol.htm
  
* http://explorers.whyte.com/astrol.htm
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*[[http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/CadresFenetre?O=COMP-9&M=legendes&Y=ImagesFixes Section of a 12thC Italian astronomy manuscript detailing solar eclipses]] and [[http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/CadresFenetre?O=COMP-9&M=notice&Y=ImagesFixes details of whole manuscript]] which includes many more pictures.
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* [http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/CadresFenetre?O=COMP-2&M=legendes&Y=ImagesFixes "solomon observes the stars"] from a 12th C French manuscript
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[[Category:12th Century|Astrology Astronomy]]
  
[[Category:12th Century|Astrology Astronomy]]

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