St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 756, p. 219 – Composite manuscript on geomancy, chiromancy, iatromathematics, astronomy, alchemy and medicine
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Manuscript Summary:Composite manuscript in Latin and German. The texts, which are presented in no systematic order, can be grouped as follows. Geomancy: Latin treatise with schematic drawings (pp. 1-152, 163-169); other geomantic schemata (185, 236, 263 [incorrectly paginated as 262]). Medicine: recipes, in German (pp. 153-162 and 197-198); examination of the blood after bloodletting and instructions for bloodletting, in German (pp. 193-196, 255-261). Iatromathematics: lunarium, in Latin (pp. 169-172); planets and the attributes of their corresponding hours / of the persons born under their sign, in German, partly in rhymed verse (pp. 173-175, 178-179, 218, 240); tables for determining which planets govern which hours (p. 200, 240); signs of the zodiac, their characteristics and their influence on the people born under them, in Latin (pp. 180-185, 186 [hexameter]) and German (pp. 187-192), directions and tables for calculating the position of the moon in the zodiac (pp. 177-178, 213-214, [215b]-216 [for the years 1406-1480]); diagram of the zodiac (p. 262); drawing of the parts of the fingers correlated with signs of the zodiac, temperaments and elements (p. 264 [incorrectly paginated as 263]); monthly rules, in Latin (p. 215-[215a]). Astronomy: calendar (pp. 201-212); tables for calendar calculations (pp. 237, 241-242, 254); table of lunar eclipses for the years 1422-1462, with drawings of the respective degree of coverage (pp. 238-239 and 243). Prognostication: prognostics for thunder, in German (p.199); prognostics for the new year, in Latin (p. 217). Alchemy: recipes for alchemy, in Latin (pp. 219-220) and in German (pp. 221-228). Treatise on chiromancy, in German, commencing with a colored pen drawing of two hands with the lines of the hands (pp. 244-254). Other items: incantations, in German (p. 156) and in Latin (p.219); four hexameters about the quality of wine, in Latin (p. 264 [incorrectly paginated as 263]). The manuscript, written in various hands, is from the library of Aegidius Tschudi (no. 104).(dor/sno)
Standard description: Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 249.
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 756
Paper · 264 pp. · 21.5 x 15 cm · Southern Germany/Switzerland · first half of the 15th century
Composite manuscript on geomancy, chiromancy, iatromathematics, astronomy, alchemy and medicine
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 756, p. 219 – Composite manuscript on geomancy, chiromancy, iatromathematics, astronomy, alchemy and medicine (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/csg/0756)
Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 249.
Manuscript title: Cod. Sang. 756
Date of origin: s. XIV/XV
Former shelfmark:
No. 104 des Tschudy'schen Nachlasses.
Support: Papier
Extent:
264 Seiten
Format: 4°
Writing and hands:
von Mehrern
Contents:
1).
S. 1-169:'Geomantia est ars punctorum etc.' …–…
Ende:
'Explicit commentarius figurarum.'
2).
S. 169-172:'Hec agentibus Omnibus utilis est. In lectum qui incidit diu languescit'
etc. (Traumbuch in 29 Artikeln).
3).
S. 244-254:
Chiromantie in deutscher Sprache.
Zwischen diesen Stücken sind eingetragen: Hausmittel S. 153 bis 162, 197-98, 220-28; eine Adjuratio S. 219; von den Planeten und dem Thierkreis, lateinisch und deutsch S. 173-192; vom Aderlass S. 193-196 und 255-261; endlich verschiedene Kalendertafeln S. 199-214 und 236-263.
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