[Medical and astrological miscellany]

University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

72 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 230 x 163 (160 x 110) mm bound to 240 x 170 mm; Binding: Pressed pigskin with metal clasps.; 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).; Foliation: Parchment, i (paper) + 72 + i (paper); 1-9⁸ 10²; [1-74]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; German with Latin calendar and colophon.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Layout: Written in 31-34 long lines; frame-ruled in faint ink, with ruling in faint ink visible for rubrics in textura.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Signed in Buchau (near Biberach), northeast of Lake Constance in southern Germany, 1443.; 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).; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-18v: [Calendar for the diocese of Constance]; Table of contents: 2. f.19r-28v: [Treatise on the signs of the zodiac]; Table of contents: 3. f.29r-40r: [Treatise on the planets and their children]; Table of contents: 4. f.40r-42r: [Treatise on the skies]; Table of contents: 5. f.42r-46r: [Treatise on the four complexions or temperaments]; Table of contents: 6. f.46r-72r: [Instructions on bloodletting, cupping, bathing, and the power of air, and recipes for various powders]; Table of contents: 7. f.73r-74r: [Genealogical notes concerning the Gundelfingen family]; Title supplied by cataloger.

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