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Ars Geomantica ... [etc.]

by Robert Fludd

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: German
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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A presentation of the art of geomancy, in four books: 1. Liber primus, 2. De figuris geomanticis, 3. De judicio geomantico, and 4. De praxi huius artis, seu quaestionibus aliquot. Discusses geomantic figures and their interpretation, with illustrations showing arrangements of geomantic dots. The second work in the codex, Tractus de nativitate, briefly describes 12 human personality types according to the month of birth, proceeding from January to December, with a zodiac sign given in association with each month.

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Astrology and Divination and oracles.

  • Astrology

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda matched “Astrology”. Retained metadata contains “zodiac” in the description and “Astrology” in the subject metadata.

    • “Astrology”· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • “zodiac”· in description
    • “Astrology”· in subject
  • Divination and oracles

    Retained metadata contains “Geomancy” in the description and “Geomancy” in the subject metadata.

    • “Geomancy”· in description
    • “Geomancy”· in subject

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University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

105 leaves : paper, illustrations; 211 x 162 (190 x 135) mm bound to 216 x 163 mm, table (unfolded) 298 x 192 mm; Binding: Contemporary parchment (Zacour-Hirsch), with two clasps.; Collation: Paper, fol. ii + folded table + 98 + iv; 1-12⁸13⁴; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.; Decoration: Folded table (mounted on guard before f. 1); charts or figures (ff. 3v, 6r-7r, 73r, 74r, 82r, 82v, and 89r).; First work in German and Latin (64v-92r entirely in Latin). Second work entirely in German.; Layout: Written in 23-24 long lines; frame-ruled in lead.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Written in Germany in the second half of the 17th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Script: Written in a German cursive hand with a humanistic script for Latin passages.; Table of contents: 1. ff. 1r-92r: Ars geomantica: tractatus de geomantia in quatuor libros divisa / Robert Fludd.; Table of contents: 2. ff. 92r-98r: Tractus de nativitate.; The first work may correspond to Fludd's Tractatus de geomantia published in the compendium entitled Fasciculus geomanticus, in 1687 (Zacour-Hirsch).; Title for manuscript based on caption title for predominant work (f. 1r).

1650—German—Public download

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  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9942276713503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1074
  • Provenance: Sold by Lutz & Meyer (Stuttgart?), 1952.
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
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