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Title

Medical and astrological miscellany

Authors

• Stegmüller, Heinrich

Other related names

• Fürstlich Fürstenbergische Hofbibliothek (Donaueschingen, Germany), former owner

Call number

LJS 463
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9948425633503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/793014273
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4842563

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

German with Latin calendar and colophon

Origin

Date

1443

Place

Buchau, Germany

Summary

Calendar for the diocese of Constance, combining liturgical and medical information, followed by a compilation of German texts concerning astrology and medicine.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   

Extent

72 leaves : 230 x 163 (160 x 110) mm. bound to 240 x 170 mm

Foliation

Parchment, i (paper) + 72 + i (paper); 1-9⁸ 10²; [1-74]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Parchment

Binding

Pressed pigskin with metal clasps.

Layout

Written in 31-34 long lines; frame-ruled in faint ink, with ruling in faint ink visible for rubrics in textura.

Decoration

53 pen-and-wash illustrations, mostly in medallions, including the signs of the zodiac and labors of the months (f. 1r-18v); another set of the signs of the zodiac (f. 19r-28v); male and female figures representing the planets, sun, and moon (Saturn, f. 30r; Jupiter, f. 32r; Mars, f. 33r; the Sun, f. 34v; Venus, f. 35v; Mercury, f. 36v; the Moon, f. 37v); a scene of two men reading and making astronomical observations outdoors (f. 41v); scenes representing the four temperaments (f. 43r-45v); and medical illustrations (f. 52r-69v).

Script

Written in Gothic textura (calendar and rubrics) and cursive script in the hand of Heinrich Stegmüller, followed by later notes in 2 different hands (f. 73r-74r).

Provenance

• Formerly held in the Fürstlich Fürstenbergische Hofbibliothek (Donaueschingen, Germany; stamps, f. 1r, 74r).
   
• Appears in Jörn Günther's Selection of manuscripts and miniatures (2003), no. 12.
   
• Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, June 2004.
   
• Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
   

Subjects topical

• Astrology--Early works to 1800
• Traditional medicine--Early works to 1800
• Zodiac in art
• Four temperaments in art

Genres

• Codices
• Calendars
• Pen-and-wash drawings
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, German--15th century
• Manuscripts, Latin--15th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 15th century
• German
• Germany
• Astrology
• Science -- Medicine
• Astronomy
• Liturgy
• Illustration
• Calendar

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Calendar for the diocese of Constance, f. 1r
• fol. 19r — Treatise on the signs of the zodiac, f. 19r
• fol. 29r — Treatise on the planets and their children, f. 29r
• fol. 40r — Treatise on the skies, f. 40r
• fol. 42r — Treatise on the four complexions or temperaments, f. 42r
• fol. 46r — Instructions on bloodletting, cupping, bathing, and the power of air, and recipes for various powders, f. 46r
• fol. 73r — Genealogical notes concerning the Gundelfingen family, f. 73r

Decorations

• fol. 1r — Decorated initial, Initials KL, f. 1r
• fol. 1r — Miniature, Water-carrier representing Aquarius, f. 1r
• fol. 1r — Owner stamp, f. 1r
• fol. 2r — Miniature, Feasting, f. 2r
• fol. 2v — Miniature, Fish representing Pisces, f. 2v
• fol. 3v — Miniature, Warming by the fire, f. 3v
• fol. 4r — Miniature, Ram representing Aries, f. 4r
• fol. 5r — Miniature, Ploughing, f. 5r
• fol. 5v — Miniature, Bull representing Taurus, f. 5v
• fol. 6v — Miniature, Training vines, f. 6v
• fol. 7r — Miniature, Twins representing Gemini, f. 7r
• fol. 8r — Miniature, Courtly love, f. 8r
• fol. 8v — Miniature, Crab representing Cancer, f. 8v
• fol. 9v — Miniature, Digging, f. 9v
• fol. 10r — Miniature, Lion representing Leo, f. 10r
• fol. 11r — Miniature, Mowing, f. 11r
• fol. 11v — Miniature, Virgin representing Virgo, f. 11v
• fol. 12v — Miniature, Reaping, f. 12v
• fol. 13r — Miniature, Scales representing Libra, f. 13r
• fol. 14r — Miniature, Treading grapes, f. 14r
• fol. 14v — Miniature, Scorpion representing Scorpio, f. 14v
• fol. 15v — Miniature, Sowing, f. 15v
• fol. 16r — Miniature, Archer representing Sagittarius, f. 16r
• fol. 16v — Decorated initial, Initial I, f. 16v
• fol. 17r — Miniature, Chopping firewood, f. 17r
• fol. 17v — Miniature, Goat representing Capricorn, f. 17v
• fol. 18v — Miniature, Slaughtering an ox, f. 18v
• fol. 19v — Miniature, Ram representing Aries, f. 19v
• fol. 21r — Miniature, Bull representing Taurus, f. 21r
• fol. 21v — Miniature, Twins representing Gemini, f. 21v
• fol. 22v — Miniature, Crab representing Cancer, f. 22v
• fol. 23r — Miniature, Lion representing Leo, f. 23r
• fol. 23v — Manicule, f. 23v
• fol. 24r — Miniature, Virgin representing Virgo, f. 24r
• fol. 24v — Decorated initial, Initial L, f. 24v
• fol. 25r — Miniature, Scales representing Libra, f. 25r
• fol. 25v — Miniature, Scorpion representing Scorpio, f. 25v
• fol. 26r — Miniature, Archer representing Sagittarius, f. 26r
• fol. 27r — Miniature, Goat representing Capricorn, f. 27r
• fol. 28r — Miniature, Water-carrier representing Aquarius, f. 28r
• fol. 28v — Miniature, Fish representing Pisces, f. 28v
• fol. 30r — Miniature, Figure representing Saturn, f. 30r
• fol. 32r — Miniature, Figure representing Jupiter, f. 32r
• fol. 33r — Miniature, Figure representing Mars, f. 33r
• fol. 33v — Manicule, f. 33v
• fol. 34v — Miniature, Figure representing the Sun, f. 34v
• fol. 35v — Miniature, Figure representing Venus, f. 35v
• fol. 36v — Miniature, Figure representing Mercury, f. 36v
• fol. 37v — Miniature, Figure representing the Moon, f. 37v
• fol. 38v — Manicule, f. 38v
• fol. 41v — Miniature, Two men making astronomical observations, f. 41v
• fol. 43r — Miniature, Scene representing Melancholic humor, f. 43r
• fol. 44r — Miniature, Scene representing Phlegmatic humor, f. 44r
• fol. 44v — Miniature, Scene representing Sanguine humor, f. 44v
• fol. 45v — Miniature, Scene representing Choleric humor, f. 45v
• fol. 46v — Manicule, f. 46v
• fol. 47v — Manicule, f. 47v
• fol. 48r — Decorated initial, Initial I, f. 48r
• fol. 50v — Manicule, f. 50v
• fol. 51v — Decorated initial, Initial I, f. 51v
• fol. 52r — Miniature, Bloodletting, f. 52r
• fol. 52v — Manicule, f. 52v
• fol. 54v — Miniature, Zodiac man, f. 54v
• fol. 56v — Decorated initial, Initial I, f. 56v
• fol. 59r — Miniature, Man and woman in tub, f. 59r
• fol. 59v — Manicule, f. 59v
• fol. 60r — Manicule, f. 60r
• fol. 60v — Manicule, f. 60v
• fol. 61r — Manicule, f. 61r
• fol. 61v — Decorated initial, Initial I, f. 61v
• fol. 63r — Miniature, Human figure, f. 63r
• fol. 66r — Manicule, f. 66r
• fol. 67v — Decorated initial, Initial I, f. 67v
• fol. 69r — Manicule, f. 69r
• fol. 69v — Miniature, Man examining flask of liquid, f. 69v
• fol. 70r — Manicule, f. 70r
• fol. 71v — Manicule, f. 71v
• fol. 71v — Decorated initial, Initial I, f. 71v
• fol. 72r — Decorated initial, Initial I, f. 72r