Treatise on astrology, concluding with a table of contents, followed by a short work on arithmetic applied to astrology and a detailed horoscope written as for an unnamed distant relative of the grand duke, aged 21 in 1609.
Date:
1600
Format:
174 leaves : paper; 217 x 157 (174 x 108) mm bound to 222 x 165 mm
Marzucchi sale, Florence, 1827 (Zacour-Hirsch); formerly in the library of Prince Baldassare Boncompagni of Rome (no. 544, label on cover).; Accessioned, 1963.
Boncompagni, Baldassarre, 1821-1894, former owner.
Rights:
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Notes:
Title for manuscript from caption title for predominant work (f. 6r).; Layout: Written in 26-27 long lines.; Ms. codex.; Binding: Contemporary armorial vellum (Zacour-Hirsch) with remnants of pink and green fabric ties inside lower cover.; Decoration: Astrological and other tables (f. 15r, 57r, 66r, 70r, 87r, 126v).; Script: Written in one cursive hand.; Foliation: Paper, 174; [ii], 1-149, [150-172]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Catchwords, lower right verso.; Origin: Written in Italy in the 17th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Italian.
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