MS.97

[p]Astronomical and astrological notes and tables. This manuscript is a hand-book of data and rules for the application of astrology to medical treatment. Notes on cupping and blood-letting, lucky days, etc. In Italian and Latin by various hands.[/p] [p]Pen-drawn figures on ff. 9r, 13r; 13v, 'Sfera'; 21v, 46r-48r, Eclipses of the moon 1485-1530, roughly coloured; 48v, 59r, Dominical letter; 59v, Golden Number 1496.[/p] [p][u]Contents[/u][/p] [p]1. f. 1r Date 1484.[/p] [p]2. ff. 2r-5v Medical receipts in Italian.[/p] [p]3. f. 6 [On cupping] Le uentose si siuolgiano pore quando la luna e piena e in ne lo hora di terza optima...f. 9v Lvna. [Q]uesto sie l'ordene e la rasone di caua re sangue da ogni uena ...[/p] [p]4. Astronomical and astrological notes.[/p] [p]f. 14r Incipit tractatus Kalendarii mensis Ianuarii et earum significationes per singulos annos subtilliter inuentus per astrologos. In illo anno. quo Kalendae Ianuarii…[/p] [p]f. 15r Ad inueniendum planetam regentem.[/p] [p]f. 16r Incipit capitula de naturis et virtutibus et artibus planetarum.[/p] [p]f. 20r Incipit tractatus de horis planetarum.[/p] [p]f. 27r De signis stellarum et cursus earum. Duodecim sunt signa…[/p] [p]f. 35r Del mese de zinaro.[/p] [p]f. 37r [De luna et signis zodiaci, de horis, etc.][/p] [p]f. 43v Miller's [?] accounts dated 1538: in Italian.[/p] [p]ff. 46r-48r Eclipses of the moon, 1484-1530[/p] [p]f. 49r Perche alcuni se delectano de sapere la imita cione o ueramente la renouacione de la luna...[/p] [p]f. 59v Dominical Letter and Golden Number, dated 1496[/p] [p]ff. 62r-63v De complexione signorum.[/p] [p]f. 62r Aries primum signum et est cauendum caput et facies ... f. 63v In eius infirmitates conuenit tunc medicare negamus. Finis[/p] [p]5. ff. 65r-68r Lucky and unlucky days: in Italian, based on the planets and natal days.[/p]

68 ll. 4to. 21 x 15 cm. Modern vellum binding. Piece torn out of the first leaf: some damp stains.; leaf dimensions: width cm, length cm; written dimensions: width cm, length cm

Purchased 1936.

Italian