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Title

Medical and astronomical miscellany

Other related names

• Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280, attributed name
• Zaël, attributed name
• Labbey-de-Billy, Nicolas-Antoine, former owner

Call number

Oversize LJS 449
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9948381663503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/793013867
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4838166

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Latin and German (lower Alemannic with middle German idioms)

Origin

Date

circa 1446

Place

Germany

Summary

Compilation of Latin and German texts concerning astronomy, astrology (including resources for the determination of favorable and unfavorable days and a brief treatise on the astrological properties of precious stones attributed in the manuscript to the 8th/9th-century Jewish astrologer Zaël, but also known as the lapidary of Techel), and medicine (including a brief treatise on wine used for medical purposes, attributed in another manuscript to Albertus Magnus).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   

Watermark

Similar to Briquet Tête de boeuf 14964 (1444) and 15054 (1441).

Extent

36 leaves : 294 x 210 (205 x 132-142) mm. bound to 300 x 220 mm

Foliation

Paper, i (later paper) + 36 + i (later paper); [1-36]; 1¹²(-12) 2-3¹² 4²(-2); modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary parchment, restored.

Layout

Written in 36-42 long lines (f. 2r-23v, 26v-28r) or lines in 2 columns (f. 24r-26r, 28v-36v); frame-ruled in faint ink.

Decoration

36 miniatures in ink with colored washes, 8 to 30 lines in height, including calendar miniatures of the labors of the months (f. 2r-7v), astrological images (f. 12r-21v), and medical illustrations (f. 23v, 26v-28r); 13 circular diagrams (f. 1r-1v, 9r-11v), some with color; 1 7-line initial in red ink with flourishing in green (f. 12r); rubrics and paragraph marks in red, initials touched with red.

Script

Written in bâtarde script.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Nicolas-Antoine Labbey-de-Billy (1753-1825, stamp, Ex bibliotheca Billiana, f. 1r); sold as part of that collection in Besançon, 1 May 1826.
   
• Sold at auction at Ader, Picard, Tajan, 19 May 1976, lot 44.
   
• Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 22 June 1982, lot 61.
   
• Appeared in the catalog Illumination and the word, issued by Roth Horowitz, Ferrini & Biondi in cooperation with Jörn Günther, Jul. 26-Aug. 23, 2002, no. 6.
   
• Appeared in the catalog Princely magnificence: an exhibition of illuminated manuscripts and printed books from the 13th to the 16th century, issued by Ursus Books Ltd. (New York) in cooperation with Jörn Günther, 1997, no. 12.
   
• Appeared in Jörn Günther's cat. 5 (1997), no. 21.
   
• Appeared in Sam Fogg's catalog, 30 Apr. 2003; sold to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, May 2003.
   
• Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
   

Subjects topical

• Astrology--Early works to 1800
• Medical astrology--Early works to 1800
• Urine--Analysis--Early works to 1800
• Wine--Therapeutic use--Early works to 1800
• Precious stones--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Almanacs
• Calendars
• Diagrams
• Illuminations
• Pen-and-wash drawings
• Tables (documents)
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Latin--15th century
• Manuscripts, German--15th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• Almanac
• 15th century
• Diagrams
• Illumination
• Commentary
• Astrology
• Science -- Medicine
• Paper
• German
• Germany
• Calendar

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Circular diagrams of the celestial spheres and the directions, f. 1r
• fol. 2r — Calendar, f. 2r
• fol. 8r — Astrological and astronomical tables and diagrams, f. 8r
• fol. 12r — Treatise in German on favorable and unfavorable days for various activities, f. 12r
• fol. 23r — De urina, f. 23r
• fol. 25v — Treatise in German on bloodletting, f. 25v
• fol. 26v — In dem Lentzen, f. 26v
• fol. 28v — Dies periculosi, f. 28v
• fol. 29r — Latin treatise on veins, f. 29r
• fol. 30r — De proprietatibus vini, f. 30r
• fol. 32v — Libellus magnus atque preciosus ... sigillorum, f. 32v

Decorations

• fol. 1r — Diagram, f. 1r
• fol. 1v — Diagram, f. 1v
• fol. 2r — Miniature, Feasting, f. 2r
• fol. 2v — Miniature, Warming by the fire, f. 2v
• fol. 3r — Miniature, Pruning trees, f. 3r
• fol. 3v — Miniature, Training vines, f. 3v
• fol. 4r — Miniature, Courtly love, f. 4r
• fol. 4v — Miniature, Ploughing, f. 4v
• fol. 5r — Miniature, Mowing, f. 5r
• fol. 5v — Miniature, Reaping, f. 5v
• fol. 6r — Miniature, Treading grapes, f. 6r
• fol. 6v — Miniature, Sowing, f. 6v
• fol. 7r — Miniature, Chopping firewood, f. 7r
• fol. 7v — Miniature, Slaughtering ox, f. 7v
• fol. 9r — Diagram, f. 9r
• fol. 9v — Diagram, f. 9v
• fol. 10r — Diagram, f. 10r
• fol. 10v — Diagram, f. 10v
• fol. 11r — Diagram, f. 11r
• fol. 11v — Diagram, f. 11v
• fol. 12r — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 12r
• fol. 12r — Miniature, Ram representing Aries, f. 12r
• fol. 12v — Miniature, Bull representing Taurus, f. 12v
• fol. 13r — Miniature, Twins representing Gemini, f. 13r
• fol. 14r — Miniature, Crab representing Cancer, f. 14r
• fol. 14v — Miniature, Lion representing Leo, f. 14v
• fol. 15r — Miniature, Virgin representing Virgo, f. 15r
• fol. 15v — Miniature, Scales representing Libra, f. 15v
• fol. 16r — Miniature, Scorpion representing Scorpio, f. 16r
• fol. 16v — Miniature, Archer representing Sagittarius, f. 16v
• fol. 17v — Miniature, Goat representing Capricorn, f. 17v
• fol. 18r — Miniature, Water-bearer representing Aquarius, f. 18r
• fol. 18v — Miniature, Fish representing Pisces, f. 18v
• fol. 19r — Miniature, f. 19r
• fol. 19v — Miniature, f. 19v
• fol. 20r — Miniature, f. 20r
• fol. 20v — Miniature, f. 20v
• fol. 21r — Miniature, f. 21r
• fol. 21v — Miniature, f. 21v
• fol. 23v — Medical illustration, f. 23v
• fol. 26v — Medical illustration, f. 26v
• fol. 27r — Medical illustration, f. 27r
• fol. 27v — Medical illustration, f. 27v
• fol. 28r — Medical illustration, f. 28r