Perpetual card

Vaticinia varia

University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

109 leaves : paper, some illustrations, some charts; 150 x 88 mm bound to 150 x 100 mm; Binding: Contemporary gilt calf, rebacked (Zacour-Hirsch), with two metal clasps on upper cover.; Decoration: Sun and phoenix in separate circles (p. 70); Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden (p. 74); horned Moses with ten commandments (p. 75); two cherubs holding the ark of the covenant (p. 75); God the father within star of David within circle (p. 79); Jesus with cross and pennant within pentagram (p. 81); Holy Spirit as bird with faint six-pointed star behind (p. 83); various stars with text within circles (p. 79-4); sun and scrolls, with zodiac figures (p. 87); two hands with zodiacal symbols, one holding a stick, within circles (p. 93); bull-headed man forming a triangle with outstretched arms, covered in zodiacal symbols (p. 94); figure of a man with zodiacal symbols forming a pentacle within a circle (p. 94); Saturn wearing a crown and cape, holding a flag, riding a crowned gryphon (p. 106); crowned Jupiter holding three arrows, riding a winged stag (p. 109); Mars in battle gear in front of a lion (p. 112); the sun as a man with a sun for a head in a chariot carried by two lions (p. 115); Venus holding a heart with a small winged cupid by her side (p. 118); Mercury wearing petasus and talaria, holding caduceus and open book (p. 121); the moon as a woman with a crescent on her forehead, on a swimming bull, holding a torch (p. 124); Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sol, Venus, Mercury, and Luna as gods in circles (p. 127-135); the figures of the zodiac in respective spheres and accompanying magic symbols (p. 160-171); sator square (f. 217).; Latin, some English (p. i-vi, 195-200), with some French (p. 58-63), Italian (p. 28, 57), and Greek and Hebrew characters (throughout p. 70-175).; Ms. codex.; Origin: Written in London, 1688.; Pagination: Paper, i (18th-century[?] paper) + 109 + i (18th-century[?] paper) leaves; [xii], 1-95, [i], 95-193, [194-216]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.; Script: Written in a variety of cursive hands.; Table of contents: 1. p.i-vi: Perpetual card.; Table of contents: 10. p.195-200: [Planetary symbols and explanations]; Table of contents: 2. p.1-55: Vaticinia varia.; Table of contents: 3. p.56-68: [Tables of dominant planets, signs, kabbalistic predictions, and some numerology]; Table of contents: 4. p.69-100: Calendarium. Naturale magicum perpetuum, profundissimam verum secretissimarum contemplationem, totius, philosophia cognitionem complectens.; Table of contents: 5. p.100-105: Septem planetarum tabulae onomanticae, sanitatem, fortunam, vitam et mortem praesagientes.; Table of contents: 6. p.106-136: Septem planetarum imagines magicae. Cum fortunii et infortunii statu, et aliis ipsis subiacentibus.; Table of contents: 7. p.151-159: Sigilla decem nomina dei principalia complectentia.; Table of contents: 8. p.160-176: Duodecim signa coelestia, eorumque sigilla magica.; Table of contents: 9. p.177-192: Observatio generalis cum brevi delineatione calendarii magici.; Title from incipit.