A German Stargazer’s Book of Astrology is the first English translation of Astronomia Teutsch Astronomei, published in 1545 in Frankfurt am Main. The original work was one of the earliest astrological textbooks in the vernacular, predating William Lilly’s famous English primer Christian Astrology by over a century. With this translation, I offer the English reader an exciting insight into the working methods of a 16th century astrologer living on the cusp of the Late Medieval and Early Modern periods. The book contains a detailed introduction by the translator, providing valuable background information and historical context, and is comprehensively annotated throughout.
The book is divided into six parts:
- Signs and Images
- Planets
- Mundane Astrology
- Weather
- Perpetual Calendar
- Astronomy
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Congratulations Peter! Impressive.
Thanks, David 🙂
Congratulations
Thank you very much. I hope you will enjoy reading it, if you are going to purchase a copy.
I will. Even if I cannot read it now (because I am writing a similar book on a 13th century Islamic astrologer), I am sure it will be a very good reference book. I also shared it in my school’s facebook page. Ilhan Astrology Institıte.
Thank you very much! In my introduction, I give a detailed overview, listing many Arab astrologers, who are quoted throughout the translation. It is very interesting to see the transmission of knowledge, which is one of the main reasons why I translated the book.
Great to see this in print Peter. Congratulations! Its lovely to have another European renaissance astrological text like this available in English. However, surely you meant the publication of this work predates Lilly’s Christian Astrology by almost a century not a decade as stated above?
Yes, of course – now, where is the copy editor responsible …..
I would be happy to put a link up on Skyscript to publicise this news more widely. However, as this is the fruit of your hard labour perhaps its more appropriate for you to do this yourself?
Mark, please go ahead (I hoped you would offer it, to be honest :)) – I am not the right person to blow my own trumpet, if you know what I mean, so please put a link on SkyScript.
Hi Peter,
I think modesty like that is the mark of a true scholar. I have put a note up on Skyscript and perhaps you might want to post there after a few replies appear. .
http://skyscript.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=87852#87852
Thanks again, Mark! I will pop over in a bit and see if anybody has replied.
Congratulations Peter! Very interesting.
Thank you, Patrizia. I am sure you would enjoy reading it.
Reblogged this on Avventure astrologiche and commented:
Appena pubblicato. Promette di essere una lettura di grande interesse per chi segue i metodi dell’ astrologia classica
Thank you very much for re-blogging and also for your kind comment 🙂
My pleasure!
Excellent work, good historical source. thanks Peter. I’ll add to my library as soon as possible.
Thank you for your kind comment and I hope you will find the book of use. It is true that it is a historical source, providing one more accessible piece in the history of traditional Arab astrology’s transmission to Europe.
That is awesome!
this is great Peter, getting the old text back is so important, thanks for doing it and plan to get it soon.