The third unit of the manuscript relating to astronomy and to the making of talismans includes: Thebit ben Corat (Thabit bin Qurra) De imaginibus (ff. 75r-76r); De imaginibus super facies signorum, attributed to Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy) (ff. 76r-77v); Hermes, Trismegistus (or Belenus), L...
Hermes, Trismegistus (or Belenus), De quindecim stellis
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Hermes Trismegistus, De quindecim stellis. A treatise on planets and stars. Rubric 'Incipit liber hermetis tractans de .15. stellis et de .15. lapidibus et de .15. herbis / et de .15. figuris', incipit: 'Inter multa alia bona que antiqui patres / sapientissimi narraverunt', explicit 'et per hunc...
Hermes, Trismegistus (or Belenus), Liber imaginum lune
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Hermes, Trismegistus (or Belenus), Liber imaginum lune; Rubric 'Hic incipit liber ymaginum translatus ab Hermete, i Mercurie qui latine praestigium mercu/rii appellatur, heliemen in ling/ua Arabica', incipit: 'Cum enim sapiens indagator veritatis', explicit: 'dicitur thamahaleth. Explicit', rubri...
Thebit ben Corat (Thabit bin Qurra), De imaginibus
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Thebit ben Corat (Thabit bin Qurra), De imaginibus; a book of instructions for making talismans that was very popular in the Middle Age, and was translated by Adelard of Bath and by John of Spain. Begins imperfect in the middle of the third part of the tract, incipit: 'fuerit sol in aliqua digni...
De imaginibus super facies signorum, attributed to Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy)
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De imaginibus super facies signorum attributed to Claudius Ptolemaeus, a work on engraved images which in the manuscript tradition often follows the work by Thebit. Rubric 'Opus Omaga/rum secundum / consilium ptolomeum [sic] et / est omnibus modis propior / et veracior in probatione quoniam eius ...
