Book ID: CBB001252637

Les manuscrits astrologiques latins conservés à la Bayerische Staatsbibliothek de Munich (2011)

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Juste, David (Author)


CNRS Éd


Publication Date: 2011
Physical Details: 258 pp.; ill.
Language: French

The importance of astrology in medieval and modern culture has long been underestimated. Despite important recent work, Latin astrology, in particular, remains unknown. This catalog, the first in a series entitled Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum Latinorum, will give a better knowledge and contribute to further research. The Bavarian State Library in Munich holds over 20,000 Latin manuscripts from the former princely libraries Munich, Mannheim and libraries Bavarian monasteries. In Specifically, this fund offers a magnificent library sample of Latin astrological literature, where all the major authors, all the great texts, all genres and all eras are presented. This catalog inventories 287 manuscripts from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century : The astro-meteorology geomancy, apologetic texts or controversies in the description of the influence of the stars. They show the continuing role of astrology and provide essential data the practice of this discipline. Each record provides codicological data, an overview content, a bibliography regarding the entire manuscript and Finally, the location and identification of astrological sections. The ensemble is completed by three indexes.

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Review Rutkin, H. Darrel (2012) Review of "Les manuscrits astrologiques latins conservés à la Bayerische Staatsbibliothek de Munich". Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period (pp. 648-649). unapi

Review Samsó, Julio (2012) Review of "Les manuscrits astrologiques latins conservés à la Bayerische Staatsbibliothek de Munich". Suhayl: Journal for the History of the Exact and Natural Sciences in Islamic Civilisation (p. 246). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Goldstein, Bernard R.
Paolo Galiano
Carmassi, Patrizia
Claudia Lemme
McVaugh, Michael Rogers
Ventura, Iolanda
Journals
Aleph: Historical Studies in Science and Judaism
Micrologus: Nature, Sciences and Medieval Societies
Atti e Memorie, Rivista di Storia della Farmacia
Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Bruniana & Campanelliana: Ricerche Filosofiche e Materiali Storico-testuali
Publishers
Simmetria Edizioni
University of Toronto Press
Edizioni dell'Orso
C.A. Reitzels Forlag
Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
Concepts
Manuscripts
Astrology
Libraries and archives
Tables; catalogs; lists
Astronomy
Jewish civilization and culture
People
Simhah ben Samuel of Vitry (d. 1105)
Elias of Cortona
John Westwyk
Ibn Ezra, Abraham Ben Meir
Samson, Jacob bar
Ptolemy, Claudius
Time Periods
Medieval
15th century
14th century
Renaissance
17th century
16th century
Places
France
Italy
Germany
Bern (Switzerland)
Florence (Italy)
Switzerland
Institutions
John Rylands Univeristy Library of Manchester
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