Herbae

Nell'Antipalus maleficiorum di Tritemio, un elenco dei libri negromantici, si trova citato questo liber attribuito al profeta Enoch.

Nel XXXII capitolo del secondo libro del De occulta philosophia Cornelio Agrippa richiama una raccomandazione dell'astronomo arabo Thabit sul modo di captare la virtus di una determinata stella procurandosi la pietra e l'erba che le sono assoc

 The Liber de virtutibus herbarum consists of a treatise about zodiacal signs and the seven planets, connected to medical plants, described by Jonathan Smith as "one of the most precious texts for an understanding of the religious life of Late Antiquity".

 The original Greek version of the Liber de septem herbis consists of two notices: one is anonymous or attributed to Hermes, the other one to Alexander the Great.

 This booklet, attributed to Hermes Abhaidimon, «almost unique among the philosophers blessed by God», relates the characters of fifteen fixed stars, each one exerting influence on an associated gem, plant and magic image.

The Compendium Aureum, also known as Tractatus de septem herbis septem planetis attributis, accompanies the De consideratione quintae essentiae of the Franciscan John of Rupescissa (14th century) in numerous manusc