Heidelberger Schicksalsbuch

The Heidelberger Schicksalsbuch is a parchment manuscript, completed in the 1490s in Regensburg, kept in Heidelberg University library as Cod. Pal. germ. 832. On 271 folia it treats topics of astrology and magic. A functional paper astrolabe is inserted on fol. 103 and into the back cover.

contents:

1v-27r astrological calendar of Regiomontanus 28r-33r glosses on the calendar and the use of the following Astrolabium planum 36r-83v Johannes Angelus, after Pietro d'Abano, Astrolabium planum 84r-92r on the 36 constellations of Michael Scotus 92v-98r on the signs of the zodiac 98v-101v on the planets and their children 102 102rv glosses on planetary hours, instructions on using the following astrolabe 103r Berthold Furtmeyr, astrolabe 104r-105v the four complexions 106r-108r the four elements 108v schema of winds 110r-116r book on dreams 118v-119r illustration of two instruments of Regiomontanus; calendarium 120r-125v "sand art of the 16 judges" 127r-129r astrology of Guido Bonatti 130r-135v onomancy of Johannes Hartlieb 137r-233v geomancy 244r-248r astrological hunting treatise; planetary hours 248r-259r lunar divination with 28 mansions; description of a calendar; horoscope 259v-271v on prognostics