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Iconology of the Wayfarer Triptych – Detail
…these ‘children of the moon’ are obsessed by the thought of food and drink… the whole digestive system, the stomach, stomach ailments and nausea were subject to the moon’s control [Agrippe, 1910, 1, 62; de Saint-Marc, 1880, 180-183; Saintyves, 1937,139, 149, 191]. ‘Picatrix’ [Ritter, Plessner & Mayriti, 212] records that ‘children of the moon’ are characterized by their gluttony and drunkenness, and Abraham Ibn Ezra [Abraham, Levy & Cantera, 1939, 201] also notes their gluttony… Of the seven deadly sins, each of which was associated with one of the planets, it was gluttony that fell to the moon [Boll, 1913, 37]. (pp.62-63)
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Phlegm conjures up various inclinations in people. It induces intemperate eating and drinking, careless gaiety, sorrow, anger and inordinate lust [Hildegarde, 1903, 38]

