Zodiac Imagery: Manuscript Collection/Discussion

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Valencia 0216

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Lovely little Spanish Manuscript from c.1450 with a man in a barrel for aquarius

"Manuscrit miscell·lani acèfal i disorderat, especially in the first part. In parentheses it is reconstructed the words of the full romanents with attention to the text. The following works are included: an anonymous medical receptari (f. 4r-16r); the "Thesaurus pauperum" of Pope Joan XXI (f. 16r-26v); "De virtutis herbarum" by Macer Floridus (f. 27r-54v); an astrological miscell·lània (f. 54v-71v); Ramon Llull's "Libre de mil proverbis" (f. 71v-85r); the free second of the "Disticha Catonis" (f. 85r-87r); a catechetical and prayerful miscell·lània (f. 87r-93v); a lapidari (f. 93v-96r); an "Almanach perpetuum translatum de arabica in latinum" (f. 96r-98v); the owners of the signs of the zodiac (f. 99r-102r); the "Forma e manner de fer l'astrolabi" (f. 102r-102v); a sentence (f. 102v-104r); fragments of the "Summa super titulis Decretalium" d'Henricus de Segusio (f. 104r-105r); una explicació de l'any bixest (f. 105r-106v); a taula of the Passover (f. 106v-107r); les misses de sant Pau (f. 107r-108v); the "Llibre de Sent Soví" (f. 109r-117v); a grammatical compendi (f. 118r-133v); some prophecies (f. 134v-135v) and different annotations from the 16th century (f. 135v-137v)"

This is very interesting. I wonder how many manuscripts survive with this kind of imagery.

This is where the Saxl project is very useful (this one was not in there in fact but it's otherwise an incredible resource which I'm sure Eggyk has already mined) ... You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

"The Saxl Project is the name of a project to have complete digital access to over 250 medieval and Renaissance illustrated astronomical and astrological manuscripts. It is intended to be a continuation and updating of Fritz Saxl's multi-volume work:  Verzeichnis der astrologischer und mythologischer illustrierter Handschriften des lateinischen Mittelalters in römischen Bibliotheken (1915-1966, with the collaboration of Hans Meier and Patrick McGurk).

The Project is led by Kristen Lippincott and run jointly with The Warburg Institute, University of London. It has also benefitted greatly from previous collaborative research, which was carried out with Dr Elly Dekker of Utrecht University, between 1997 and 2007.

The Project is very much a 'work-in-progress' and will be completed in stages. Pages marked with an  'under construction' symbol  are still in draft and need to be re-checked and edited. The site will be updated at regular intervals; but please accept my apologies in advance for any frustration you may encounter.

If you have any additional information, new bibliography, images, corrections, comments or questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at kl@thesaxlproject.com."

Maybe if she's still working on it, you could offer your services @eggyk