Maitre Birth of Esau and Jacob (detail)

Birth of Esau and Jacob as an example of twin's fate against the arguments of astrology, by François Maitre, circa 1475-1480, detail from miniature at the Museum Meermanno Westreenianum, The Hague, from Augustine's "La Cité de Dieu", book I-X (translation from the Latin by Raoul de Presles) (manuscript "Den Haag, MMW, 10 A 11"). Book 5, 4.