03-11-2016, 04:29 PM
Marco -
Are you sure it's "seven bears" and not the seven [stars of] the [Greater] Bear? It would be interesting to know how much f the Zoroastrian astronomical tradition had reached Europe by this time; I wouldn't have expected it, but medieval learning can be quite surprising (witness the Babylonian and other deities illustrated in Seznec). I've also re-read recently Dmitri Gutas' work, in which he treats the importance of astrology in early Baghdad, and the perception in early Islamic thought that Greek astrology had all been originally Zoroastrian. Still, I think the image that writes 'Jupiter' above the starry sphere means simply that Jupiter is ruler of the starry sphere.
JKP
I think you have the details right.MS Additional 1820 is Here's the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. for MS Additional 18210
No author given for that treatise on geomancy. It is characteristic that English and northern French works display so little difference that the provenance is given - as you said - as "England or France (N)" and the date range for the section of the compilation containing that page is between the last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century.
Thanks for posting it.
Are you sure it's "seven bears" and not the seven [stars of] the [Greater] Bear? It would be interesting to know how much f the Zoroastrian astronomical tradition had reached Europe by this time; I wouldn't have expected it, but medieval learning can be quite surprising (witness the Babylonian and other deities illustrated in Seznec). I've also re-read recently Dmitri Gutas' work, in which he treats the importance of astrology in early Baghdad, and the perception in early Islamic thought that Greek astrology had all been originally Zoroastrian. Still, I think the image that writes 'Jupiter' above the starry sphere means simply that Jupiter is ruler of the starry sphere.
JKP
I think you have the details right.MS Additional 1820 is Here's the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. for MS Additional 18210
No author given for that treatise on geomancy. It is characteristic that English and northern French works display so little difference that the provenance is given - as you said - as "England or France (N)" and the date range for the section of the compilation containing that page is between the last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century.
Thanks for posting it.