{"product_id":"an-astrologer-at-work-in-late-medieval-france-the-notebooks-of-s-belle-9789004463370","title":"An Astrologer at Work in Late Medieval France: The Notebooks of S. Belle","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  List of Figures  List of Tables    1 Introduction   1 On the Study of Astrological Documents   2 The Notebooks   3 Researching Fifteenth-Century Astrology   4 Belle’s Life and Work    2 Belle’s Workbooks   1 Lisbon, Torre do Tombo, MS 1711   2 Paris, BnF, nouvelles acquisitions latine 398   3 Designations and Norms    3 The Horoscopes   1 The Interrogations   2 The Technique    4 Revolutions of the Years of the World   1 Ingresses and Lunations   2 Lunations and Revolutions of the Year   3 Judging the World    5 The Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn   1 Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction of 1425 NAL 398 f. 80r: Composite Chart Drawn by Belle   2 Judging the World: Conjunctions    6 Nativities: Three Judgements   1 Jo. d.c.l. NAL 398 f. 93ra1 (Judgement in NAL 398 ff. 94ra–100vb): 17 December, 19:54 [16 December 1437, 09:47], France (Possibly Paris)   2 Full Moon Preceding the Nativity of Jo. d.c.l. NAL 398 f. 92r–12 December 1437, 20:30 (Possibly Paris)   3 Hubert NAL 398 f. 79va: 08 October 1260, 14:09, Florence, Italy (43°46′ N, 11°15′ E) [Correct Date: 09 October 1260, 03:32 AM]   4 Jo. Dap NAL 398 f. 85v: 04 November 1442, 1:20 PM, Paris Reconstructed from Belle’s Judgement (ff. 85ra–89vb)   5 Comparative Judgement of the Houses   6 The Art of Judgement    7 The Collection of Horoscopes   1 The Horoscopes in MS 1711   2 The Nativities in NAL 398   3 Collection Highlights    8 The Almanac (1468–1480)   1 The Tables: Contents   2 An Astrological Diary   3 Beyond Astrological Techniques    Appendix 1: Additional Notes on the Length of Life   1 Calculating the hyleg   2 Ptolemy’s Variant for Calculation the hyleg   3 The alcocodem   4 Years of the Planets    Appendix 2: Notes on the Manuscripts   1 MS 1711   2 NAL 398    Appendix 3: Maps and Genealogy  Bibliography  Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210822934871,"sku":"9789004463370","price":161.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/an-astrologer-at-work-in-late-medieval-france-the-notebooks-of-s-belle-9789004463370","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}