Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Cr. 3.14

Old shelfmarks	9.11.5.17
Short title	Astrologica, etc.
Century	15 med.
Place of origin	France
Language	Latin
Owner’s notes	(1 sup.) Domus probacionis. Paris. Societatis Iesu (s.16); (IIIv) Ex bibliotheca Michaelis Chasles acad. scientiarum socii ># 2982<
Previous owners	Michael Chasles, Paris; in his sale (27 June 1881, # 2982) to James Lindsay, Earl of Crawford; to Royal Observatory (1888).
Material	Chart.
Height × width	290 x 212
No. of leaves	xvi + 32 + iii
Gatherings	1^12 2^10 3^12 (-1,12), signed a, b, q (?)
Binding leaves	iii-xvi are of s. 18 (?)
Cover	Rebound in 1964.
Type of writing	Current hybrida
Width of columns	c. 195 x 120 mm., frame ruling
Lineation	37 long lines
Initials etc.	Initials: (1-15v) blue patterned in white; 2-line red or blue.
Marginal annotations	Written by a scribe who was able to keep a straight steady hand and the same number of lines to page, with only the chain lines of the paper to guide him.
Printed catalogs	Ker II (1977) 564-5.
Source	Ker (1977)
Type of source	cat.
Source’s source	insp.

Work 1	Title (ms.)	Quadripartibus hermetis de 15 stellis lapidibus planetis et caracteribus
	Contents	Stelle fixe, Lapides, Herbe, Signa, Planete
	Incipit	Dixit hermes Scito quod si luna fuerit cum aliqua fixarum stellarum quindecim
	Publ. descriptions	L. Thorndike, Mélange Auguste Pelzer (1947) 224-7.
	Printed copies	L. Delatte, Textes latins et vieux français relatifs aux Cyranides <Bibliothèque de la Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres de l'Université de Liège, Fasc. 43> (1942).
	Folio no.	1-5
	Explicit	et est figura eius hec.
	Tables	A table of 15 stars: Capud algor-Cauda capricorni.
Work 2	Additional names	Ptolemaeus
	Title (ms.)	De ymaginibus lapidum
	Incipit	Dixit ptholomeus vultus huius mundi sunt subiecti vultibus celestibus
	Folio no.	5v-10v
	Rubric	Liber de signis celi et ymaginibus in lapidibus exaratis.
	Explicit	contra rabiem et fantasmata.
	Colophon	Hec sufficiant de ymaginibus lapidum.
Work 3	Author (ms.)	Thebith bencorath
	Author standard	Thabit ibn Qurra
	Title (ms.)	De ymaginibus astronomicis
	Incipit	Dixit aristotelis qui legit philosophiam
	Publ. descriptions	L. Thorndike, Mélanges Auguste Pelzer (1947) 224-7. N.R. Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries I, 91.
	Folio no.	10v-13v
	Rubric	Incipit liber thebith bencorath de ymaginibus astronomicis.
	Explicit	et proficuum regionum.
	Colophon	Ipsi gloria in secula. Explicit liber thebith de ymaginibus astronomicis.
	Additional copies	Erfurt, Q. 189
Work 4	Author (ms.)	Hali
	Author standard	Haly Abenragel
	Title (ms.)	De significacione planetarum
	Incipit	Saturnus in ariete sub radiis solis facit pluuias
	Folio no.	14-15v
	Rubric	Incipit libellus hali de significacione planetarum cum sole in duodecim signis.
	Explicit	bonam complexionem ostendit etc.
	T & K	TK
Work 5	Author standard	Alkindus
	Title (ms.)	De radiis (frag.)
	Incipit	Omnes homines qui sensibilia sensu percipiunt
	Folio no.	16-22v
	Rubric	Iacobus alkindi de radiis.
	Explicit	in vim oracionis perfecte ...
	T & K	TK
Work 6	Title (ms.)	Prayers for wisdom (aceph.)
	Contents	Prayers for wisdom for use in masses of Holy Trinity, Holy Spirit, John Evangelist, and B. V. M., and also (24v) "de nocte cum intraueris cubiculum" and (25) when "legere vel studere siue disputare volueris".
	Incipit	... totam missam et qualibet die da elemosinam
	Folio no.	23-25v
Work 7	Author standard	Apollonius
	Title (ms.)	Ars notaria (frag.)
	Contents	(26) Sequitur de missis quibus consecranda est figura memorie. Salomon rex israel in cuius pectore dominus
	Folio no.	25v-26v
	Rubric	Sequitur de modo consecrandi figuram que est memorie et debet consecrari in septem missis
	Explicit	et laudet dei pietatem.
	Additional texts	A table of 15 chapters follows
	T & K	TK, s.v. Salomon (Apollonius, Ars notaria)
Work 8	Title (ms.)	Tractatus omnium oracionum generalium et specialium istius Artis.
	Incipit	Omnipotens et incomprehensibilis et inuisibilis et indissolubilis deus
	Additional remarks	To be said "ante notas arcium", that is "ante (or super) primam (...quintam) figuram theologie (or astronomy)".
	Folio no.	27-30
	Rubric	Hec est prima oracio de decem ad facundiam acquirenda.
	Explicit	diligentia est cauendum.
	Colophon	Explicit tractatus omnium oracionum generalium et specialium istius Artis.