Prenosticatio

Contributor:

Burg Kreuzenstein (Austria) (former owner)

Name:

Lichtenberger, Johannes, active 15th century; Regiomontanus, Joannes, 1436-1476

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1488

Description:

German anthology of astrological and astronomical works, including material copied from three incunables: Johannes Lichtenberger's Prognosticatio (Heidelberg, 1488), astrological predictions about the fate of the Church, the Holy Roman Empire, and the laity; and two editions of the calendar of Regiomontanus (Nuremberg, 1474; Venice, 1478). Later pen trials on blank leaves before, in the midst of, and following the manuscript text. Modern finding tabs.

Language:

German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500)

Provenance:

Formerly owned in the late 16th century by the Holtzschuher family of Nuremberg (inscriptions, Veit Georg Holtzschuher, dated 1582, f. 125r; his brother Veit Engelhardt Holtzschuher, Nuremberg shoemaker, dated 1589, f. 95v-96r; same name written in a later hand, f. 3v).; Formerly owned by Johann Nepomuk Graf Wilczek (1835-1922), held by that family in the library of Burg Kreuzenstein probably until 1945, no. 22170 (= 82, possibly written in pencil, f. 227v) (Regina Cermann).; Appears in Jörn Günther and Bruce Ferrini's Overlooking the ages: a private exhibition of illuminated manuscripts, miniatures and printed books (1999), no. 21.; Appears in the catalog The art of the book from the early Middle Ages to the Renaissance: a journey through a thousand years, accompanying an exhibition organized by Jörn Günther and the John J. Burns Library, Boston College, 2000, no. 53.; Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Dec. 2002.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.; Holtzschuher, Veit Georg, 1573-1606, former owner.; Holtzschuher, Veit Engelhardt, 1581-1656, former owner.; Wilczek, Johann Nepomuk, Graf von, former owner.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs445.html; Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/100000238

Subject:

Astrology -- Early works to 1800; Astrology; Astronomy -- Early works to 1800; Astronomy; Prophecies -- Early works to 1800; Prophecies; Zodiac in art

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Diagrams; Pen and wash drawings; Tables (documents); Finding tabs; Manuscripts, German; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

227 leaves : paper; 218 x 150 (158-162 x 110-114) mm bound to 230 x 165 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from spine label.; 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.; 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.; 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.; Script: Written in Gothic cursive script, with some Latin headings in display capitals.; 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.; 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.; 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).; 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.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Middle High German, with some headings and sections in Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 445

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)