Orr, M. A. (Mary Acworth) · London and Edinburgh, Gall and Inglis · leaf 239
^were more highly esteemed than any other professorsexcept those of philosophy. … a sj w o ^ c^ c •« ASTRONOMY TO EUROPE. 201 One of their duties was to provide judgments{i.e. to cast the horoscope) gratis for students. But thedignity was a perilous one. Legitimate prediction byastrology bordered close on necromancy, which wasbanned by the Church, and one of Bolognas mostCecco…
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 · Astronomy, Ancient · Astronomy, Medieval · Early maps
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