Author: Helena Avelar de Carvalho (University of Lisbon)
Publisher: Brill, 2021
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.
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
2 Belle’s Workbooks
3 The Horoscopes
4 Revolutions of the Years of the World
5 The Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn
6 Nativities: Three Judgements
7 The Collection of Horoscopes
8 The Almanac (1468–1480)
Appendix 1: Additional Notes on the Length of Life
Appendix 2: Notes on the Manuscripts
Appendix 3: Maps and Genealogy
Bibliography
Index