Heidelberger Schicksalsbuch

The Heidelberger Schicksalsbuch is a parchment manuscript, completed in the 1490s in Regensburg, kept in Heidelberg University library as '''Cod. Pal. germ. 832'''. On 271 folia it treats topics of astrology and magic. A functional paper astrolabe is inserted on fol. 103 and into the back cover.

contents:
 * 1v-27r astrological calendar of Regiomontanus
 * 28r-33r glosses on the calendar and the use of the following Astrolabium planum
 * 36r-83v Johannes Angelus, after Pietro d'Abano, Astrolabium planum
 * 84r-92r on the 36 constellations of Michael Scotus
 * 92v-98r on the signs of the zodiac
 * 98v-101v on the planets and their children
 * 102
 * 102rv glosses on planetary hours, instructions on using the following astrolabe
 * 103r Berthold Furtmeyr, astrolabe
 * 104r-105v the four complexions
 * 106r-108r the four elements
 * 108v schema of winds
 * 110r-116r book on dreams
 * 118v-119r illustration of two instruments of Regiomontanus; calendarium
 * 120r-125v "sand art of the 16 judges"
 * 127r-129r astrology of Guido Bonatti
 * 130r-135v onomancy of Johannes Hartlieb
 * 137r-233v geomancy
 * 244r-248r astrological hunting treatise; planetary hours
 * 248r-259r lunar divination with 28 mansions; description of a calendar; horoscope
 * 259v-271v on prognostics