Heidelberger Schicksalsbuch
# 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
