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original: "Albubather"; refers to Abu Bakr al-Hasan ibn al-Khasib, a 9th-century Persian astrologer famous for his work on "nativities" or birth charts.
original: "Centiloquium Diui Hermetis"; a collection of 100 astrological aphorisms attributed to the legendary sage Hermes Trismegistus.
A woodcut strip featuring the twelve signs of the zodiac
Central woodcut featuring Claudius Ptolemy and astronomical figures
Ptolemy The most influential astronomer of antiquity. Astronomy Celestial Sacred original: "lestis sacrae"; likely fragments of "Coelestis" and "Sacrae" referring to the sacred celestial science. Urania the Muse. The Greek Muse of Astronomy.Printer's mark at the bottom of the page
I B S Initials of the printer/publisher, likely associated with a 16th-century Venetian or Basel press.