VIRDUNG VON HASSFURT, Johannes.

by Johannes Virdung Von Hassfurt

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An important collection of works on astrological medicine united in this edition for the first time by the Italian scholar Giovanni Paolo Gallucci (1538-1621), including: the treatise in 4 books by Johann Virdung (ca.1465-ca.1535), published in 1532; the Iatromathematica attributed to Hermes Trismegistus; the Prognostica by Imbrasius of Ephesus (pseudo Galen); and De triplici vita in 3 books ( De vita sana , De vita longa , De vita coelitus comparanda ), with an early treatise on the plague ( Epidemiarum antidotus ), both by the Florentine philosopher Marsilio Ficino (1422-1499), and the Introductio ad astrologiam by Gallucci himself. Gallucci was a translator and cartographer. After completing his education in Padua, he moved to Venice. His interests ranged from astronomy to medicine and literature. He was one of the founders of the second Venetian Academy and wrote several works on astronomy, such as the important star atlas Theatrum mundi, et temporis (1588). Virdung was an influential physician and astrologer from Hasfurt. He studied in Leipzig and Krakow where he attended the lectures of Albertus de Brudzewo and Johannes von Glogau. In 1492 Virdung moved to Heidelberg where taught medicine, mathematics and astronomy and entered the service of the Electoral Palatine court, producing yearly prognostications regarding the ruling planets, the interpretation of eclipses and natural disasters, as well as social events (Joachimite prophecies). Virdung s bibliography includes at

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