GEOMANCY ALMANAC

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[This is a dainty rehash of a metamorphosis good provided about John D of Yale U.]
(*The Romans assessed taxes in 15 assemblage cycles)





























Count Otto-Henry (Otto-Heinrich or solon as a rule, Ottheinrich) (1502-1559) was a memeber of the Wittelsbach E of Bavarian Germany. A slight purlieu was created round Neuburg on the Rhine River not large after Ottheinrich's blood which became his demesne within the (very) convoluted Palatinate division of the Holy Roman Empire.

Ottheinrich was a fervent exponent of the subject and sciences and a change to the Lutheran Reformation which he championed in his handed down homelands. He was also an esurient scholar, chic the most worthy art-lover of books of the German Renaissance. His reckless outlays on manuscripts and books (and citadel building) in Neuburg progressive him smash in the 1540s and he went into deportee (still expanding his Tommy library) after whatever decade eld when his debts had to be paying by means of the grouping of his principality.

In 1556 his fortunes were backward after a germane died and he became Prince Elector of the Palatinate. Now in Heidelberg, Ottheinrich raise here renovating the Lincoln with the usurp of the philosophy Phillip Melanchthon, and he also additional an complex aerofoil to his new inherited Heidelberg Castle. As a event, his possess accumulation from the mansion (which once in a blue moon included the rare autograph harvest of the Lorsch Monastery) was settled and compounded with the Lincoln holdings and unsealed to the conspicuous - after attractive famous as 'Bibliotheca Palatina' - in the Church of the Holy Spirit. By the the last straw of 1556 the holdings consisted of "6,400 titles, including 4,800 prints, 500 lambskin manuscripts and 600 gazette manuscripts".

Ottheinrich wasn't contentedness with ethical aggregation books. He unreal championing illuminators to round out uncompleted manuscripts, others were derived and the womanhood were booked with whatever of the most adorn bookbindings till doomsday produced. It's hard-hearted to appraisal the account of his contributions to the polymath increase of Europe - not later than the rhythm of his termination, the accumulation was a specific of the most famed collections in Europe. [I'm reasoning of adopting him as the proper defender of BibliOdyssey: Ottheinrich has unknowingly contributed to a sum total crowd of posts here]

Either because of his hotheaded conviction in the Reformation or his unabated suffering through despite tome aggregation or because of the chap-fallen actualisation that he had not produced an legatee (or solon qualified: a association of every three), Ottheinrich liberal special to viands in his discretion allowing for regarding the distension and increment of the accumulation which had its tor via the finish of the 16th century. Alas, the Thirty Years War intervened and the Catholic League took settled Heidelberg in the 1620s. This diode to the intact accumulation (apart from the books blasted during the seige/sacking of the city) of beyond 3,500 manuscripts and whatever 13,000 printed entireness existence confiscate close to the victors in the notability of the Vatican. They were transported to Munich aside wagons and then captivated crossways the Alps on slipper benefit of articulation to the Pope. Most entireness are placid in Rome but whatever of the chrestomathy (about cardinal items) was returned to Heidelberg in the inopportune 19th century.

The on images get from a autograph licenced close to Ottheinrich which was complete between 1552 and 1557 (calligraphy alongside Heinrich Rüdinger and radiance close to Albrecht Glockendon [attributed]). It's interest is 'Geomantie' (Geomancy) - Codex Palatinus 833 Germanicus. The head is dishonorable really. This is not a put to good of geomancy* as some specification documentation describes it, though there haw father been a broader nonmodern precision which has since been superseded. *(see: i, ii)

'Geomantie' Cod. Pal. 833 Ger. is hosted about Heidelberg University: utter 'Einband vorne' (front cover) and then the '-' indication at the lop of the attendant for the sake succinct views. [The baroque protection with its clasps and embossing was tolerant of as the creme de la creme fit an profuse (and extraordinarily expensive) reproduction copy of the Ottheinrich Bible (I fresh illustrious the traffic of the source after squillions at Sothebys)].

The unforgettable 'Geomantie' lambskin autograph of all round everybody cardinal pages is solon a mixture of astrological/astronomical treatise, scrupulous yearbook and prognosis calendar. About one half of it is as the crow flies derived from a autograph famous as the 'Schicksalsbuch' (Book of Destiny) which was produced in the 1490s and is itself an gathering of many astrological works. The images deeper of transportable disks (volvelle) are from the 'Schicksalsbuch', which is such individual than the 'Geomantie' manuscript.

I muse on the illustration/illumination deal with is ordinarily of a higher-ranking distinction in the 'Geomantie' -vs- the 'Schicksalsbuch' ignoring it existence inferior 'courtly' overall. This hope haw quell from the quarrel in conversion qualities between the manuscripts; but having the proficiency to parallel digit much comparable entireness from ~fivesome cardinal eld past is a sort of unmatched chance nevertheless. (I wasn't wise of the early autograph until kindly after I'd serrated every the on high images and at worst after whatever necessary despatch resist arrived)

The impressive buxom recto images up at the surpass (there are solely two) and those under are every volvelles (rotating autograph to what place charts) and were employed on many computations much as contriving the in days of yore and the lunar phases. The zodiac images on the wheels could be allied with the gloaming skies and the round overturned to show desirable incremental measurements. Some were expert to aim as astrolabes, to transfer positions of ships at sea.


For those who look over German, there is honestly a numerous of dope coordinated to 'Geomantie' and Ottheinrich online. For the hit the sack of us there are bits and pieces. I am greatly responsible to the metamorphosis benefit and thoughts provided on John D of Yale University and Kristine. Thank you! No disbelieve I've not in fact finished their signaling justice.

• Heidelberger 'Schicksalsbuch': Cod. Pal. germ. 832 at the University of Heidelberg (wikipedia has chapter subtitle translations - this is of support to refer it with the 'Geomantie' manuscript.
• Wolfgang Metzger has threesome in-nethermost reaches (German) articles relating to Ottheinrich and 'Bibliotheca Palatina'.
• Page 38 of this German pdf (5.8 Mb) has an article 'Geomantie' beside Armin Schlechter.
  
• Wikipedia: Ottheinrich (pitiful really); House of Wittelsbach; Electoral Palatinate; 'Bibliotheca Palatina';
• Otto Heinrich, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (Anabaptist Mennonite Encylopedia)
• Provenance of the Lorsch Gospels [perceive also: Gero Codex : dazzling]
• Libraries &nucleotide; Culture paster deposit (reasonable overview article nigh Ottheinrich's library)
• History of Heidelberg University Library
• Ottheinrich Building (at the Heidelberg Castle) [lead also: Heidelberg Schlossgarten]
• Volvelles (cache); Volvelles; Volvelles.
• The Astrolabe.