manus virginis

Latin · noun
variant virginis manus
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
hands of the virgin
Categories
animal part
Related Lemmata 10 ›

1. the hands of the Virgin

1.a the hands of the Virgin animal part

6°–7° Virgo

VI. vero et VII. in manibus

‘[the degrees] 6 and 7 are in the hands [of the Virgin]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.6

Genre: astrological compendium Provenance: Sicily Date: ca. 334 CE

Firmicus Maternus. 1897. Ivlii Firmici Materni Matheseos Libri VIII, ed. W. Kroll, F. Skutsch. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. 2.290

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). manus virginis (Lemma #1615). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1615/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). manus virginis (Lemma #1615). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1615/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). manus virginis (Lemma #1615). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1615/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) manus virginis (Lemma #1615), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1615/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1615,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {manus virginis ({Lemma} #1615)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1615/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1615/},
}