Fortune-Telling

Livre de bonne aventure. Some ornamental initials and capitals in black and yellow, paragraph marks and headings in red. Text within red rules and underlined in red. Illustrated with 12 circular diagrams in colour on ff. 10-15v. The first question (fol. 1) is 'S E aucune persoune sera / mariée en ceste année /', and the last (No. 48) on fol. 2, 'Se aucun viura longuement'. The circles are headed 'Mons', 'Fleuues', 'Pierres', 'Espices', 'Fleurs', 'Oyseaux', 'Herbes', 'Bestes', 'Citez', 'Fruis', 'Poissons', 'Arbres', and are followed by the answers, under the headings of 16 Kings. The MS. is perhaps a copy of an earlier work.

Middle 16th century

1 volume 24 ll. (last bl.). 8vo. 15 x 10 cm. On vellum, 17th cent. calf binding. Second and third figures slightly rubbed.

Purchased 1930.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).