Heidelberger Schicksalsbuch Explained

The Heidelberger Schicksalsbuch is a parchment manuscript, completed in the 1490s in Regensburg, kept in Heidelberg University library as Cod. Pal. germ. 832. On 271 folia it treats topics of astrology and magic. A functional paper astrolabe is inserted on fol. 103 and into the back cover.

contents:

1v-27r astrological calendar of Regiomontanus

28r-33r glosses on the calendar and the use of the following Astrolabium planum

36r-83v Johannes Angelus, after Pietro d'Abano, Astrolabium planum

84r-92r on the 36 constellations of Michael Scotus

92v-98r on the signs of the zodiac

98v-101v on the planets and their children

102

102rv glosses on planetary hours, instructions on using the following astrolabe

103r Berthold Furtmeyr, astrolabe

104r-105v the four complexions

106r-108r the four elements

108v schema of winds

110r-116r book on dreams

118v-119r illustration of two instruments of Regiomontanus; calendarium

120r-125v "sand art of the 16 judges"

127r-129r astrology of Guido Bonatti

130r-135v onomancy of Johannes Hartlieb

137r-233v geomancy

244r-248r astrological hunting treatise; planetary hours

248r-259r lunar divination with 28 mansions; description of a calendar; horoscope

259v-271v on prognostics

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