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Book SynopsisIt has been called “the most singular centaur that religion and science have ever produced” (Franz Boll). Astrology as a cultural form has puzzled and fascinated generations of humankind. It reached its apogee in the European Renaissance, when it flourished in literature, political expression, medicine, art, and all the other areas of endeavor catalogued in this unique collection. Brill’s Companion to Renaissance Astrology brings together a wide array of expertise from around the globe to explain the method and matter of this cultural form, including the Arab and Classical heritage, the medieval tradition, the clash with organized religion, the influence on knowledge and the competition with newly emerging ways of knowing, summarizing the current state of research and suggesting new paths. Contributors include: Giuseppe Bezza, Dieter Blume, Claudia Brosseder, Brendan Dooley, William Eamon, Ornella Faracovi, Hiro Hirai, Wolfgang Hübner, Eileen Reeves, Steven Vanden Broecke, and Graziella Federici Vescovini.Trade Review“An excellent starting point for a graduate student beginning work on a topic that involves astrology or for an established scholar adding to a field of research.” Sheila J. Rabin, Saint Peter’s University. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 68, No. 2 (Summer 2015), pp. 659-661. “Physicians based their cures and remedies on the movements of the stars and planets; scholars debated the significance of the movement of the heavens on political, moral, and psychological activities; writers and poets tried to provide ordinary people with some guidance for their daily activities; and theologians and preachers cautioned and condemned against following stellar conjunctions rather than divine providence. In the end, astrology during the Renaissance period was fully integrated into everyone’s life, and a better understanding of its influence and integration in the fabric of Renaissance culture is provided by this book.” Bradford Lee Eden, Valparaiso University. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 46, No. 2 (2015), pp. 435-436. “Das Buch bietet ein umfassendes Panorama der Erscheinungsformen der Astrologie in der Renaissanceperiode, enthält eine Fülle wertvoller Informationen und zeigt eine Vielzahl möglicher Forschungswege auf. Es kann jedem an der Astrologiegeschichte Interessierten empfohlen werden.” Günther Oestmann, Bremen. In: Beiträge zur Astronomiegeschichte, Bd. 12 (2014), S. 242-244. “Agile, ben informato, ricco di illustrazioni: nel complesso, questo volume si rivela una delle opere collettive più stimolanti tra quelle pubblicate negli ultimi anni.” Michele Rinaldi, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II. In: Bruniana & Campanelliana, Vol. 20, No. 2 (2014), pp. 666-669.Table of ContentsTable of Contents List of Figures Note on Contributors Preface Introduction Brendan Dooley 1. The Culture of Astrology from Ancient to Renaissance Wolfgang Hübner 2. Representation of the Skies and the Astrological Chart Giuseppe Bezza 3. The Return to Ptolemy Ornella Faracovi 4. The Theological Debate Graziella Federici Vescovini 5. Astrology and Society William Eamon 6. Astrology and Politics Steven Vanden Broecke 7. Astrology and Science Brendan Dooley 8. The New Astral Medicine Hiro Hirai 9. Astrology and Literature Eileen Reeves 10. Picturing the Stars: Astrological Imagery in the Latin West, 1100–1550 Dieter Blume 11. Reading the Peruvian Skies Claudia Brosseder Conclusion Index List of Figures 1.1 The four humours and elements adapted to the four triplicities of the zodiac 1.2 Zodiacal man from the Flores Albumasaris, Erhard Radolt 1488 1.3 The symmetry of the seven planets 1.4 Francesco di Giorgio: Atlas, Braunschweig, Kupferkabinett 1.5 Joseph Justus Scaliger’s horoscope 1.6 Capital of the doge’s palace in Venice: Mercury with Virgin (Virgo) and Twins (Gemini) 1.7 Planisphere of the Aldina from 1499 1.8 The Tychonic system 2.1 Making a Geniture 2.2 Graphic representation of a geniture 2.3 Geniture of Girolamo Cardano 5.1 The great conjunction in Pisces, portending a second deluge. Leonhard Reynmann, Practica vber die grossen und manigfeltigen Coniunction der Planeten (Nuremberg, 1524) 5.2 Frontispiece to John Melton, Astrologaster (1620) 5.3 Girolamo Cardano’s Horoscope of Andreas Vesalius (Courtesy of the Clendening History of Medicine Library, University of Kansas Medical Center) Figure 5.4. Pages from A Perfyte Pronostycacion Perpetuall by “J.A.” (c. 1555) illustrating events that would occur in years “When Newe yeres daye falleth on the Tuesday,” including windy winters, rainy summers, sickness of women, and “Syppes and Galleys shall perysshe.” 7.1 Kepler’s Polyhedric Model 7.2 Robert Fludd’s Monochord 7.3 Robert Fludd: Microcosm and Macrocosm 10.1 Raphael, Dome of the Chigi Chapel in Rome, S. Maria del Popolo 10.2 Ferrara Palazzo Schifanoia, Sala dei Mesi, March with Aries 10.3 Ferrara Palazzo Schifanoia, Sala dei Mesi, April with Taurus 10.4 Ferrara Palazzo Schifanoia, Sala dei Mesi, Detail, First Decan of Aries 10.5 Ferrara Palazzo Schifanoia, Sala dei Mesi, Detail ot the upper Register with Vulcan 10.6 Paris, bibl. Nat. Ms. lat. 7330, Fol. 42v, Saturn in his houses 10.7 Paris, bibl. Nat. Ms. lat. 7330, Fol. 43r, Saturn in his Anti-Houses 10.8 Paris, bibl. Nat. Ms. lat. 7330, Fol. 43v, Saturn in his exaltation 10.9 Paris, bibl. Nat. Ms. lat. 7330, Fol. 44r. Saturn in his deiectio 10.10 Paris, bibl. Nat. Ms. lat. 7330, Fol. 54v, Venus in his exaltatio 10.11 Paris, bibl. Nat. Ms. lat. 7330, Fol. 56r, Mercury in his houses 10.12 Madrid, Bibl. Nac. Cod. 19, fol.55r, Jupiter on the eagle 10.13 Madrid, Bibl. Nac. Cod. 19, fol. 68r, The five planets 10.14 München, Bayr. Staatsbibl., Clm 10268, Michael Scotus, Liber introductorius, fol. 85r, The five planets 10.15 Padua, Palazzo della Ragione, The Great Hall 10.16 Padua, Palazzo della Ragione, Mercury in the sign of Virgo 10.17 Chantilly, Musée condé, Ms. 754, Fol. 1v, Saturn 10.18 Chantilly, Musée condé, Ms. 754, Fol. 2r, Jupiter 10.19 Chantilly, Musée condé, Ms. 754, Fol. 2v, Mars 10.20 Padua, Chiesa degli Eremitani, main chapel, Venus 10.21 Padua, Chiesa degli Eremitani, main chapel, Rising Christ 10.22 Foligno, Palazzo Trinci, Sala dei pianeti, Luna 10.23 Foligno, Palazzo Trinci, Sala dei pianeti, Mars 10.24 Foligno, Palazzo Trinci, Sala dei pianeti, Mercury 10.25 Foligno, Palazzo Trinci, Sala dei pianeti, Jupiter 10.26 Rimini, Tempio Malatestiano, Mercury 10.27 Rimini, Tempio Malatestiano, Venus 10.28 Rimini, Tempio Malatestiano, Saturn 10.29 Rome, Villa Farnesina, Loggia del Galatea, ceiling 10.30 Rome, Villa Farnesina, Loggia del Galatea, ceiling, detail, twins (Leda and the swan) 10.31 Schweinfurt, Bibl. Otto Schäfer, Woodcuts from Basel, Venus 10.32 Schweinfurt, Bibl. Otto Schäfer, Woodcuts from Basel, children of Venus 10.33 Schweinfurt, Bibl. Otto Schäfer, Woodcuts from Basel, Mercury 10.34 Schweinfurt, Bibl. Otto Schäfer, Woodcuts from Basel, children of Mercury 10.35 Berlin, Staatsbibl. Ms. Germ. Fol. 244, Fol. 186v-187r, Mercury and his children 10.36 Kassel, Landesbibl. Ms. Astronom 1 (2°), Fol. 64r, Luna and her children 10.37 Tübingen, Univ.Bibl., Ms. M. d. 2, fol. 272r, Luna and her children 10.38 London, British Museum, Engraving by Baccio Baldini (?), Venus and her children 10.39 London, British Museum, Engraving by Baccio Baldini (?), Mercury and his children 10.40 London, British Museum, Engraving by Baccio Baldini (?),Luna and her children

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