the representation of power

Images of Power in Political Prophecies and Astronomy: Henry VII’s “The Book of Astrology” as a Visual Source

The manuscript of Henry VII’s “The Book of Astrology” of the British Library (Arundel MS. 66), in which astronomical treatises and political prophecies are accompanied by numerous illustrations, reflecting various symbols of the royal power of the new dynasty in England, is considered in the article as an imagographic historical source.