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Figura celi generalis magisterii astrologie

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Title

Figura celi generalis magisterii astrologie

Subject

Astrology
Book Illustrations
Incunabula

Description

Artist unknown.
Square astrological diagram likely used as a template for horoscopes.

Source

Mudkhal ilá ṣināʻat aḥkām al-nujūm was a 10th century introductory text to astronomy and astrology. Written by ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz Ibn ʻUthmān (or Alchabitius), it was translated from the Arabic in the 12th century by John of Seville. This edition, printed in 1491 with the title Libellus ysagogicus Abdilazi, includes many horoscopes as well as an explanation of the relation of the planets to bodily infirmity.

Publisher

Digitzed by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1491

Language

lat

Type

StillImage

Identifier

1f_31_1491.7v

Original Format

1 print: woodcut

Physical Dimensions

20 x 13 cm

Citation

“Figura celi generalis magisterii astrologie,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed March 29, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2392.

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Under the Influence of the Heavens: Astrology in Medicine in the 15th and 16th Centuries