Consanguinity Chart

Description Provenance Credit

Description This wheel-shaped diagram sets out the degrees of kinship that determine whether two individuals related by blood may marry. Diagrams of consanguinity also were used to determine inheritance when the deceased left no will. The six concentric rings of the diagram represent six generations of a family. Each ring is divided into ten sectors, in which are written the bloodlines of family descent and connections.

Provenance Gruel and Englemann Collection, Paris [1]; acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931. [1] no. 131, bookplate on inside upper board

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1903

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Creators

English (Artist)
Isidore of Seville (Spanish, 570 - 636) (Author)

Period

late 12th century

Medium

ink and pigments on medium-weight parchment
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.73.9R

Measurements

H: 10 1/2 × W: 6 1/8 in. (26.7 × 15.5 cm)

Geographies

United Kingdom, England (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Cosmography	Title
late 12th century	Period
W.73	Accession
atai, ottomanatai	Tags

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late 12th century	Period
W.73.8V	Accession

Diagrams of the harmony of the Year and Seasons, and the Harmony of the Elements, Seasons and Humors	Title
late 12th century	Period
W.73.8R	Accession

Diagrams of a Cube, and the Microcosmic-Macrocosmic Harmony	Title
late 12th century	Period
W.73.7V	Accession

Diagrams of the Terrestrial Climate Zones with the Riphaean Mountains and the Circuit of the Moon in the Zodiac	Title
late 12th century	Period
W.73.7R	Accession

Diagrams of the Celestial Climate Zones and Terrestrial Climate Zones	Title
late 12th century	Period
W.73.6V	Accession

Diagram of Planetary Courses in the Zodiacal Signs	Title
late 12th century	Period
W.73.5V	Accession

The Harmony of the Spheres and the Planetary Orbits	Title
late 12th century	Period
W.73.5R	Accession

Diagram of the Phases of the Moon	Title
late 12th century	Period
W.73.4R	Accession

Diagram of the Solstices and Equinoxes	Title
late 12th century	Period
W.73.3R	Accession

Diagram of the Planetary Orbits and Zodiac and Diagram of the Planet Cycles	Title
late 12th century	Period
W.73.2V	Accession

Diagram of the Winds	Title
late 12th century	Period
W.73.2R	Accession

Leaf from Cosmography: Diagram of the Winds	Title
late 12th century	Period
W.73.1V	Accession

Diagram of the Zodiac	Title
late 12th century	Period
W.73.1R	Accession