Prenosticatio

University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

227 leaves : paper ; 218 x 150 (158-162 x 110-114) mm bound to 230 x 165 mm; A detailed description written in 1997 by Regina Cermann (Institut für Mittelalterforschung der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna) is available online, linked to the entry for LJS 445 on the Handschriftencensus site at http://www.handschriftencensus.de/25402.; Binding: Original (late 15th-century) quarter pigskin over wooden boards, blind-stamped, clasp; 17th-century (?) spine label Prenosticatio, was di. groß Coniunction und d. Eclipsis bedeuten etc.; restored in 1999.; Collation: Paper, 227; several gatherings bound out of order (f. 62-74 should follow f. 97-121); [1-227], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Decoration: Diagrams and tables in red and black ink; diagrams of eclipses in yellow and brown wash (f. 110r-113v); pen-and-wash drawings of the signs of the zodiac (f. 148r-151r; some zodiac illustrations cut out) and other images, including monsters (f. 178r-182v); rubrication, 2-line initials, paragraph marks, and underlining in red.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Layout: Most sections written in 29-32 long lines; a few written in 2 columns of 29-34 lines (f. 147r-151v, 178r-183r, 198r-209v); frame-ruled in ink.; Middle High German, with some headings and sections in Latin.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Copied in or after 1488 (manuscript copy of colophon of edition of Lichtenberger's work printed in Heidelberg in 1488, f. 61v); copied in Germany, possibly Nuremberg (based on binding (Nuremberg named in document used as flyleaf) and inscriptions of 16th-century owners (Cermann)), although a few of the works are intended for an Augsburg audience (f. 75-95r, 132r-146r, 210r).; Related Work: Regiomontanus, Joannes, 1436-1476. Calendarium.; Script: Written in Gothic cursive script, with some Latin headings in display capitals.; Table of contents: 1. f.9r-61v: Prenosticatio zu Theutsch / [Johannes Lichtenberger] -- 2. f.62r-74v: [Deutscher Kalender (1474)] / [Joannes Regiomontanus] -- 3. f.75r-95r: [Augsburger Kalender] -- 4. f. 97r-122r: [Deutscher Kalender (1478)] / [Joannes Regiomontanus] -- 5. f.132r-146r: [Mond- und Sonnenkalender für den Gebrauch der Diözese Augsburg] -- 6. f.147r-151v: [Von den zwölf Tierkreiszeichen und ihrem Einfluss auf die Menschen] -- 7. f.152r-176v: [Vom Einfluss der Monate auf den Menschen] -- 8. f.178r-183r: [Von den 35 Sternzeichen nach Michael Scotus] / [Kaspar Engelsüss] -- 9. f.183v-190r: Von den siben Planeten -- 10. f.190r: Von den vier Complexien -- 11. f.198r-209v: [Gesundheitsregimen] -- 12. f.210r: Tabula regionum.; Title from spine label.