Casebooks

A long text in Latin, beginning with a rather curious drawing of a hand on f. 1r.

Latin instructions for interpreting charts and finding ‘loci morborum’.

A short passage in Latin about the reasons why an astrologer may get a prediction wrong.

Assorted notes on astrological procedures and a rather bewildering definition (on f. 95r) of the word ‘stomack’.

Under the heading ‘Richard Naper’ and block-struckthrough, notes on the meaning of various astrological configurations.

A page of singularly impenetrable notes in Latin and Greek about the significance of various astrological configurations.

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A preparatory geomantic chart and more atrological data.

Norden for maps.

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Three lists of medicines, or some sort of aids for health.

A list of things Napier wants to learn to be able to read in the stars.

Notes on the significance of various astrological phenomena.

The names ‘RafE Vine’ and ‘Ricard naper’ spelled out in large letters with a number under each letter; to one side, the names ‘Robarte’, ‘Marye’ and ‘Agnes’ with numers alongside them; and around all these are various calculations. In the to left corner is a date and time that may or may not be related: ‘1597. Sept. 21. die ☿. h 5 30. mi.’ There are also one or two other brief unintelligible notes.

Text of a sermon on Psalm 82:6–7.

Sermon on Ecclesiastes 12:1.

A paragraph from a sermon.

seeke the signe & the degree of the Assendent in the nativity

Instructions on how to read the stars to learn the place and cause of a disease.