Stellae

Astrological poem in hexameters that concerns the constellations and their influences on worldly phenomena.

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.

 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.