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Medical and astrological miscellany LJS 463
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Abstract

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

Physical Description

Support: parchment; 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.

Layout

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

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).

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).

For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.

Notes

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.

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Keywords
15th century
German
Germany
Astrology
Science -- Medicine
Astronomy
Liturgy
Illustration
Calendar
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Place of Origin

Buchau, Germany

Date

Signed in Buchau (near Biberach), northeast of Lake Constance in southern Germany, 1443.

Binding

Pressed pigskin with metal clasps.

Language

German with Latin calendar and colophon

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.

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Place of Origin

Buchau, Germany

Date

Signed in Buchau (near Biberach), northeast of Lake Constance in southern Germany, 1443.

Language

German with Latin calendar and colophon

Provenance

Formerly held in the Fürstlich Fürstenbergische Hofbibliothek

Appears in Jörn Günther's Selection of manuscripts and miniatures

Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd.

Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.

Manuscript Overview

Abstract

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.

Script note

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).

Decoration Note

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).

For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.

References
Binding Images

These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.

Spine

Keywords
15th century
German
Germany
Astrology
Science -- Medicine
Astronomy
Liturgy
Illustration
Calendar
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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