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    The Flores consist in a short treatise of about thirty chapters giving various rules for the interpretation of the horoscope of the revolution of the year, i.e. the horoscope for the entry of the Sun into the first degree of Aries. Introduction (sig. a2); predictions according to the planetary lord of the year, in detail for Saturn (sig. a2v‐b1) and briefly for the other planets (sig. b1v‐b2v); nature and attributes of the planets (sig. b3r‐c2r); review of some of the standard topics: harvest (sig. c2v), rains, wars, plagues (sig. c3r) and earthquakes (sig. c3rc4r); position and nature of prominent fixed stars (sig. c4r); effect of the fixed stars on the lord of the year (sig. c4v‐d2r); interpretation of Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and the Head/Tail of the Dragon in each of the twelve signs of the zodiac

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    The Flores consist in a short treatise of about thirty chapters giving various rules for the interpretation of the horoscope of the revolution of the year, i.e. the horoscope for the entry of the Sun into the first degree of Aries. Introduction (sig. a2); predictions according to the planetary lord of the year, in detail for Saturn (sig. a2v‐b1) and briefly for the other planets (sig. b1v‐b2v); nature and attributes of the planets (sig. b3r‐c2r); review of some of the standard topics: harvest (sig. c2v), rains, wars, plagues (sig. c3r) and earthquakes (sig. c3rc4r); position and nature of prominent fixed stars (sig. c4r); effect of the fixed stars on the lord of the year (sig. c4v‐d2r); interpretation of Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and the Head/Tail of the Dragon in each of the twelve signs of the zodiac

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    The Flores consist in a short treatise of about thirty chapters giving various rules for the interpretation of the horoscope of the revolution of the year, i.e. the horoscope for the entry of the Sun into the first degree of Aries. Introduction (sig. a2); predictions according to the planetary lord of the year, in detail for Saturn (sig. a2v‐b1) and briefly for the other planets (sig. b1v‐b2v); nature and attributes of the planets (sig. b3r‐c2r); review of some of the standard topics: harvest (sig. c2v), rains, wars, plagues (sig. c3r) and earthquakes (sig. c3rc4r); position and nature of prominent fixed stars (sig. c4r); effect of the fixed stars on the lord of the year (sig. c4v‐d2r); interpretation of Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and the Head/Tail of the Dragon in each of the twelve signs of the zodiac

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    AbMashar,Flores NoticebyDavidJuste

    Author:AbMashar(787886). Originaltitle:Kitbtahwlsiniallam(BookofRevolutionsoftheWorldYears). Translation:Flores.Translatoranddateoftranslationuncertain,perhapsJohnofSevilleinthe firsthalfofthetwelfthcentury. Significance:AbMashar,thegreatastrologerofBaghdad,wasthemostinfluential authorityonastrologyinmedievalandRenaissanceEurope.Hewroteaboutfortytreatises, severalofwhichweretranslatedintoLatinfromthetwelfthcenturyonwards.TheFlores, extantinoverfortymanuscriptsandsixprintededitionsfrom1488to1506,wasamongthe mostpopularworksofAbMasharinLatin,togetherwiththeIntroductoriummaiusandthe Demagnisconiunctionibus. Contents:TheFloresconsistinashorttreatiseofaboutthirtychaptersgivingvariousrules fortheinterpretationofthehoroscopeoftherevolutionoftheyear,i.e.thehoroscopeforthe entryoftheSunintothefirstdegreeofAries.Introduction(sig.a2);predictionsaccordingto theplanetarylordoftheyear,indetailforSaturn(sig.a2vb1)andbrieflyfortheother planets(sig.b1vb2v);natureandattributesoftheplanets(sig.b3rc2r);reviewofsomeofthe standardtopics:harvest(sig.c2v),rains,wars,plagues(sig.c3r)andearthquakes(sig.c3r c4r);positionandnatureofprominentfixedstars(sig.c4r);effectofthefixedstarsonthelord oftheyear(sig.c4vd2r);interpretationofSaturn,Jupiter,MarsandtheHead/Tailofthe Dragonineachofthetwelvesignsofthezodiac(sig.d2ve3v). Reproduction:Venice,JohannesBaptistaSessa,1488or1506(thedateismissing),18fols [WarburgFAH820]. Title:IncipittractatusAlbumasarisflorumastrologie. Inc.:DixitAlbumasar:Oportetteprimumsciredominumanni.Etscientiahuiusreiscitur horaintroitusSolisinprimumminutumsignisArietis[TK,1013]. Expl.:sicutnaturaeventusquitibiaparueritfueritineodemanno.Hocestexsecretis astronomiequodoccultarioperepreciumest.Finis. Bibliography:F.J.Carmody,ArabicAstronomicalandAstrologicalSciencesinLatinTranslation. ACriticalBibliography,BerkeleyLosAngeles,1956,pp.9294(nr.3);D.Pingree,AbMashar alBalkhJafaribnMuhammad,inDictionaryofScientificBiography,I,NewYork,1970,pp. 3637(nr.9);F.Sezgin,GeschichtedesarabischenSchrifttums,VII,Leiden,1979,pp.142143(nr. 3);K.YamamotoandC.Burnett,AbMasaronHistoricalAstrology.TheBookofreligionsand Dynasties(OntheGreatConjunctions),LeidenBostonKln,2000,2vols.,I,pp.xvixviii.

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