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Alchabitius cum comento

ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz Ibn ʻUthmān, -967, Alten, Bartholomäus, fl. 1485-1491, Johannes de Saxonia, fl. 1323-1355, Joannes, Hispalensis, 12th cent, Burndy Library, donor. DSI · 1502 · Impressum Venetijs : p[er] Joa[n]nem [et] Gregorius de gregoriis fratres · 9 pictures

Alchabitius cum comento is a 1502 Venetian astrology text by the Arabic astrologer Alchabitius, with commentary by Johannes de Saxonia and others, printed by the Gregorius de Gregoriis brothers for scholars of celestial prediction. Its pictures are woodcut zodiac wheels, square diagrams of houses, and an ornamental initial, showing how dense geometric charts and knotted decorative letters can organise a crowded page.

Astrology, Arab

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