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Title: On The Judgment Of Nativities, Part 1. Part 2.
Author: Antonius De Montulmo(14th c.)
Translator: Robert Hand Editor: Robert Schmidt
Publisher: The Golden Hind Press


--- Part 1. 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 Rectfying 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 is Various Ways 61

--- Part 2. Contents ---
Introduction to Part II of On the Judgment of Nativities of Antonius de Montulmo i
On the Judgment of Nativities PartII 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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