Fabio Seller

In the Antipalus maleficiorum by Trithemius - an index of necromantic books - there is a quoting of this liber, attributed to the prophet Enoch.

In the XXXII chapter of the secondo book of De occulta philosophia Cornelius Agrippa quotes an advice by the Arabian astronomer Thabit, about how to capture a specific star virtus, by picking up the stone and the herb associated to it, when the Moon stands in good aspect with the star itself.

 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".

It is the Latin version - achieved by Ugo of Santalla - of the Arab work Kitab sirr al-haliqa ("The book of the secret of Creation"), written in the first half of the 11th century.

 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 text consists of a collection of astrological aphorisms attributed to Hermes probably translated by a lost Arabic origil by the physician and philosopher of the 11th century Haly Abenrudianus ('Ali ibn Ridwan).

We have the autograph manuscript of this text; it is stored in the Lincei Archive and belonged to Federico Cesi, the Academy founder.

It is an anthology of one hundred astrological aphorisms of Arab origin, written by Stephen of Messina between 1258 and 1266, and dedicated to Manfredi of Sicily.