| Description | Manuscript pamphlet, probably 15th or 16th century, 'Chyromantia et Natura Planetarum', a treatise on palmistry (chiromancy), including 21 colour diagrams of hands and symbols.
Bound with a number of later printed works, including Thomas Hill's 'The Schoole of Skil' (T Iudson for W Iaggard, London, 1599). This item is managed as a rare book and can be requested as SRB 1599 H8. |
| CustodialHistory | The manuscript formed part of the library of John Thomas Graves (1806-1870), mathematician and Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London, whose collection included manuscripts dating from the 15th to the 19th century, relating mainly to mathematics. Formerly Graves 532. |