Septentrio

• “Etymological analysis of these terms yields the following: Septentrio represents the seven stars of the constellation of the Great Bear (Ursa Major) and is considered "north.”

  Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro

• “The sea was calm for the time of year, and neither the North Wind, Septentrio, nor the Northwest Wind, Corus, disturbed their passage.”

  The First Man in Rome

• “Thus we shall have an eighth part of the circumference set out for Auster and another for Septentrio.”

  The Ten Books on Architecture

• “Auster from the south; Favonius from due west; Septentrio from the north.”

  The Ten Books on Architecture

• “Gallicus on either side of Septentrio; Supernas and Caecias to the right and left of Aquilo; Carbas, and at a certain period the Ornithiae, on either side of Solanus; while Eurocircias and Volturnus blow on the flanks of Eurus which is between them.”

  The Ten Books on Architecture

• “Africus to the southwest between Auster and Favonius; Caurus, or, as many call it, Corus, between Favonius and Septentrio; and Aquilo between”

  The Ten Books on Architecture

• “H will belong to Auster and the south, and the space from I to K will be that of Septentrio.”

  The Ten Books on Architecture

• “Bulla the brigand or Agyllius Septentrio the actor of mimes, and the memory of his fame yet lingers in the recollections of the aged and in the talk of their children and grandchildren.”

  Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire

• “There is a wind called Auster, another called Eurus, another called Septentrio, another Meridies, besides Aquilo, Vulturnus, Africus.”

  The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner

• “Septentrio, I between Septentrio and Aquilo, L between Aquilo and”

  The Ten Books on Architecture

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