An astrologer at work in late medieval France : the notebooks of S. Belle / Helena Avelar de Carvalho.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carvalho, Helena Avelar de, 1964-2021.

Series:

Time, Astronomy, and Calendars

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo (Portugal).

Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Belle, S., 15th century.

Belle, S.

Astrology--History--To 1500.

Astrology.

Astrology--Early works to 1800.

Manuscripts, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 419 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps.

Place of Publication:

Boston : BRILL, 2021.

Language Note:

Includes commentary in English and texts in Latin from Belle's two existing manuscripts: ANTT--Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, Manuscritos da livraria, MS. 1711-"Almanac ab anno 68 usque ad annum 80, nativitates quorundam P." and Paris, BnF NAL 398--Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, nouvelles acquisitions latines 398.

Summary:

"This book explores the notebooks of S. Belle, an astrologer who lived in late fifteenth-century France, as a case study of late medieval astrological practice. These notebooks combine astrological doctrine, a large collection of horoscopes, an almanac, and three complete judgements of nativities. By studying Belle's methods, processes of learning, and practices, this book contributes to a better understanding of the internal architecture of astrology in the pre-modern world; this includes its techniques, methodologies, goals, transmission, and development throughout history. It offers an internalist view of the practice of astrology, as a counterpart to the existing research into astrology's social and cultural impact"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

90-04-46338-0