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Antonius de Montulmo: On the Judgement of Nativities Part 1

(Latin Track Volume X)

Table of Contents

Introduction to On the Judgment of Nativities of Antonius de Montulmo
          by Robert Hand ............................................................................................................ i
          Montulmo's Life and Works .......................................................................................... ii
          On the Judgment of Nativities ....................................................................................... iii
          The Content of the Book ............................................................................................. vi
          The Text ...................................................................................................................... ix

The Most Excellent Book of Antonius de Montulmo, Doctor of Medicine and the Arts,
          On the Judgment of Nativities ...................................................................................... 1
          Chapter I. How One Must Select the Almuten of Any House ........................................ 1
          Chapter II. Concerning Two Methods of Rectifying Nativities ....................................... 5
                    Concerning the First Measure of Rectifying Genitures by the Animodar,
                              in Which He Demonstrates a Double Mode of Understanding .................. 7
                    The Disproof of the First Mode of Understanding of the Second Way ................ 9
                    The Disproof of the Second Mode of Understanding ......................................... 15
                    Concerning the Way of Hermes, a Second Method of Rectifying Genitures
                              by means of the Time of the Native in the Womb ................................... 17
                    The Opinion of Author on Rectifications ............................................................ 21
          Chapter III. On the Rearing of the Native .................................................................. 25
                    Concerning Monstrous Births ........................................................................... 28
          Chapter IV. On Seeking the Hyleg and Alcocoden of the Native ................................. 30
                    On Seeking the Time of Death by Directing the Hyleg ...................................... 34
                    More On the Alcocoden and Almuten of the Nativity ......................................... 36
          Chapter V. He Cites the Various Opinions of Authors Concerning the
                              Native's Lifespan .................................................................................... 38
                    The Opinion of Ptolemy .................................................................................... 39
                    The Opinion of Haly Abenragel ......................................................................... 45
                    The Opinion of Aboali ....................................................................................... 57
                    The Opinion of Omar of Tyberias ...................................................................... 58
                    The Opinion of Leopold of Austria .................................................................... 60
                    Whether the Years Given by the Alcocoden Can Be Changed, He
                              Discusses This in Various Ways ............................................................. 61

Antonius de Montulmo: On the Judgement of Nativities Part 2

(Latin Track Volume XII)

Table of Contents

Introduction to Part II of On the Judgment of Nativities of Antonius de Montulmo ................... i

On the Judgment of Nativities Part II ..................................................................................... 1
          Chapter V. Continued .................................................................................................. 1
                    The Opinion of the Author Concerning the Years of the Alcocoden .................... 1
                    Concerning Adding and Subtracting Years Given by the Alcocoden .................... 7
          Chapter VI. Concerning Abscissors or Killing Planets ................................................... 9
          Chapter VII. Concerning Directions and First Concerning the Places to be Directed .. 11
                    Concerning the Methods of Directing ............................................................... 13
          Chapter VIII. Concerning the Form of the Body and the Complexion ......................... 22
                    Again Concerning the Form and Complexion .................................................... 26
                    Judging the Tallness or the Shortness of the Body .......................................... 28
                    The Discerning of Stoutness and Thinness, or the Greatness of the Body ....... 30
                    Concerning the Forms of the Signs .................................................................. 31
                    Concerning the Forms of the Planets ............................................................... 34
          Chapter IX. Concerning the Nature, Intellect, Sense, and Character of the Native .... 41
                    [The Planets as Significators of the Soul] ......................................................... 56

Appendix I
          Montulmo's Alcocoden Function .................................................................................. 73
          Montulmo Compared to the Gauquelin Data ............................................................... 78

Appendix II Montulmo on Primary Directions ........................................................................ 79
          The Fundamental Ideas Behind Primaries .................................................................. 79
          The Three Systems Described by Montulmo ............................................................... 80
          Montulmo's Technical Vocabulary ............................................................................... 82
          An Example Using Method I, Method II and a Modern Method ................................... 86
          Dealing with Latitude ................................................................................................. 90

Appendix III
          An Outline of the Standard Medieval Method of Evaluating the State of the Soul
                    as Described by Montulmo ............................................................................... 92
          A Summary of the Process ......................................................................................... 95
          A Case Study:
                    The Medieval Methods for Evaluating the State of the Soul as Contrasted
                    to the Nineteenth Century................................................................................ 97
          Conclusions ...............................................................................................................100

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