Medical Astrology: Science, Art, and Influence in early-modern Europe
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Diagram of the Four Elements, Seasons, Temperaments, Qualities
Diagram of the Four Elements, Seasons, Temperaments, Qualities -
Insignia Petri Apiani
Peter Apian's insignia/coat of arms -
Scene of Medicine and Pharmacy
Title Page scene showing doctors, manufacture of herbal remedies, and patient care -
Urine Wheel
Urine Wheel -
Physician with Urine Vial
Physician holding urine vial, examining urine from a sick patient -
Printer's Proof Aspect Dial, from the Astronomicum Caesareum (1540)
Hand-drawn, hand-colored printer's proof aspect dial, from the Astronomicum Caesareum (1540) -
Horoscope with the Twelve Houses
Horoscope, featuring the Twelve Houses -
A Figure of the Twelve Houses of Heaven
Horoscope, featuring the Twelve Houses -
Hand as Sundial
Hand Sundial, showing directions and how to count hours, using the topography of the hand -
Figure Using Hand as Sundial
Figure demonstrating how to use the hand as a sundial -
Torquetum
Torquetum, an instrument measuring the horizon, equatorial, and ecliptic -
A Diagram of the Celestial Spheres and their relationship to the Five Geographic Zones of the Earth
A diagram showing the horizon, meridian, ecliptic with Earth at the center -
Geometer with Compass
Geometer with compass, representing training or practice [Übung] -
Urine Wheel
Diagnostic urine wheel -
Fever Calculator
Predictive fever calculator -
Crisis and Critical Volvelle
Volvelle for finding crisis and critical days in medicine. -
Schema Magnarum Coniunctionum Saturni & Iouis
Diagram plotting the conjunctions of Saturn and Jupiter -
Horæ Diei; Horæ Noctis [Hours of the Day and Night]
Hours of the Day; Hours of the Night volvelle from Apian's Cosmographia (1564) -
Printer's Proof for the Astronomicum Caesareum (1540)
Printer's Proof: Moon view with aspect dial -
Printer's Proof for the Astronomicum Caesareum (1540)
Printer's Proof: Sun and Moon view, without aspect dial -
Printer's Proof for the Astronomicum Caesareum (1540)
Printer's Proof: Sun view with aspect dial -
Aspect Wheel
Wheel demonstrating different aspects between signs -
Aspect Wheel
Wheel demonstrating different aspects between signs -
Aspect Wheel
Wheel demonstrating different angles and aspects between signs -
Aspect Wheel
Hand-colored wheel demonstrating different planetary aspects