Primum mobile : with theses added to the theory and cannons to the practice.

Abstract:

Astrological work presenting 70 theses on celestial influence (p. 5-17), 42 canons of instructions for the use of astronomical tables (p. 19-65), and 30 examples of nativities (charts of the exact date, time, and location of birth) of prominent figures, mostly born in the second half of the 16th century (p. 66-151, with a title page for the section on the unnumbered page before p. 66). The examples include heads of state, high-ranking members of the ecclesiastical hierarchy, and aristocrats (including one woman, Leonora Ursina, p. 147); each of the nativities begins with an astrological diagram and also includes small tables. An index follows the examples (p. 152-158). This English translation of a Latin work published in Padua in 1657 (p. i, unnumbered page before p. 66) differs substantially from the English translations published in the late 18th and early 19th century.

Creator:

Titi, Placido, 1603-1668.

Date:

1675

Description:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Identifier:

9950322743503681; (OCoLC)ocn747503824; (OCoLC)747503824; (PU)5032274-penndb-Voyager

Language:

English; Latin

Provenance:

Sold by H. P. Kraus to John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 33.; Formerly owned by George Winslow Plummer (bookplate inside upper cover).; Formerly owned by Christopher Tower (b. 1775), Weald Hall, Essex (armorial bookplate inside upper cover).; Probably sold at auction at Sotheby's, 6 Apr. 1887.; Formerly owned by Frederick Hockley.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Sold by E + R Kistner Buch- und Kunstantiquariat, 1988.; Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.

Publisher:

[England], [between 1675 and 1799]

Relation:

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn) https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs202.html

Subject:

Astrology.; Astrology -- Early works to 1800.; Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.; Astronomy.; Codices.; Diagrams.; Manuscripts, European.; Treatises.; Manuscripts, English.; Tables (documents)

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

83 leaves : paper; 370 x 234 (355 x 174) mm bound to 377 x 252 mm

Personal Name:

Stanitz, John D., former owner.; Tower, Christopher, former owner.; Hockley, Frederick, 1808-1885, former owner.; Plummer, George Winslow, 1876-1944, former owner.; Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria, 1614-1662, dedicatee.

Corporate Name:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Binding: 18th-century calf, rebacked.; Origin: Written in England in the late 17th or 18th century.; Ms. codex.; Pagination: Paper, ii + 83 + ii; [i-iv], 1-65, [ii], 66-143, 145-151, [152-161]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.; Layout: Written in 56-61 long lines; ruled in lead, with vertical bounding lines and no margin at bottom of page.; Script: Written in a cursive script.; Decoration: 30 astrological diagrams in ink, all the same in form with different data entered, in the section of examples (p. 69-149).; Watermark: Fleur-de-lis with IV countermark.; Title from title page (p. i).

Physical Location:

Oversize LJS 202

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)