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The stylised depictions of the comets echo the fantastical bent of the text — “Veru” as a lance, “Domina capillorum” as burning wheel, “Rosa” with beaming face, and “Scutella” as some kind of heavenly Asclepius’s staff. In the landscapes below which the comet’s stream we see some evidence also of their perceived effects — for example, in the print for “Aurora”, which was thought to be an omen of impending conflagrations, a city rages with fire. As the keen observer will note, fiery emissions are not limited only to the skies or burning cities. In the image for “Miles” — whose effects include an upset of social norms — a Bruegel-esque character can be spied defecating in the bottom right corner.
