Astrologers casting a horoscope for the child being born to the woman in the foreground seated in a birthing chair. She is supported by two women whil

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Astrologers casting a horoscope for the child being born to the woman in the foreground seated in a birthing chair. She is supported by two women while the midwife delivers the baby. From Jacob Rueff De conceptu et generatione hominis, Frankfort-am-Main, 1587.

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