{"product_id":"an-exposition-upon-the-sphere-cecco-dascoli-9781915933614","title":"An Exposition upon The Sphere of the Cosmos: The Astrological Nigromancy of Cecco d'Ascoli","description":"Mathew Hadfield and Brian Johnson demonstrate that Cecco d'Ascoli's \u003cem\u003eCommentary on the Sphaera of Sacrobosco\u003c\/em\u003e is instrumental to understanding how illicit religious practices, astrology, and philosophy were transmitted from Arabic and Byzantine Greek sources into Spain, France, and Italy in the late Middle Ages, and the profound influence this had on European magical practices and the evolution of both magical cosmology and spiritual ecology.It is through Cecco d'Ascoli's lectures on \u003cem\u003ede Sphaera Mundi\u003c\/em\u003e that we see the establishment of Astral Nigromancy in the European Middle Ages, now possessed of a refined Aristotelian and Ptolemaic rationale, coupled with an intricate and highly conceptualised cosmological framework, and it is this synthesis which would quietly propagate into modernity. It was here, in the crucible of this influx of translations and blending of cultures that the entire edifice of the European Grimoire Tradition emerged. Whilst challenging in its scope, this text is significant, containing important keys such as one of the first known attributions of the four kings of the directions, Oriens, Amaymon, Paymon, and Egyn, to the cardinal signs of the zodiac, as well as the first known appearance of the mysterious spirit Floron and his mirror.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cecco D'Ascoli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1915933617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915933614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hadean Press Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.47d","brand":"Cecco D'Ascoli","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997812863231,"sku":"9781915933614","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-exposition-upon-the-sphere-cecco-dascoli-9781915933614","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}