Latin — 1533, repaired
Lunaria vero sunt inter elementa terra, deinde aqua, tam maris quam fluviorum, et omnia humida, humores arborum et animalium, maxime albi, ut albumina ovorum, pinguedines, sudores, pituitae, et superfluitates corporum. Ex saporibus, falsus et insipidus. Inter metalla vero argentum. Inter lapides illius est crystallus, argentea marcasita, et omnia alba et viridia. Item lapis selenites, id est lunaris, ex candido translucens, melleo fulgore, motum imitans lunarem, lunae figuram in se habens, reddensque eam in dies singulos crescentis, minuentis — vel numero. Item margaritae, quae ex aquae stillicidiis in conchis generantur; similiter et crystallus, et beryllus. Inter plantas et arbores lunares sunt selenotropion, quae vertitur ad lunam, quemadmodum heliotropium ad solem, et palma arbor, ad singulum lunae ortum singulum ramum emittens: hyssopus etiam, species rosmarini, minor arbore, maior plantarum, de utrisque participans: est etiam lunaris agnus castus, sive casta arbor, et oliva. Similiter et herba chinostates, quae crescit et decrescit cum luna, scilicet in substantia et numero foliorum, non solum in humore et virtute — quod singulae plantae quodammodo communiter habent, praeter cepas Martias, quae solae contra lunae augmenta et decrementa, minuendi et augendi vires contrarias habent: quemadmodum inter volatilia origis, avis Saturnia, lunae simul ac inimicissima est. Animalia lunaria sunt quae humana consuetudine gaudent, et quae vario naturae amore et odio pariter excellunt, ut canes omnis generis. Lunaris etiam est chamaeleon, qui pro varietate coloris obiecti similem semper induit, quemadmodum luna pro varietate signi, in quo reperitur, naturam variat. Item lunares sunt porcae, cervae, caprae, et animalia quaecunque quae lunarem motum observant et imitantur: ut cynocephalus et panthera — fertur enim haec in armo habere similem lunae maculam crescere in orbes, et cornua pari modo curvantem. Lunares sunt et feles, quorum oculi ad lunae vices ampliores aut minores fiunt: et quae huiusmodi sunt, ut sanguis menstruus, cum quo multa mira et monstrifica fiunt apud magos. Hyaena etiam, sexum mutans, variisque obnoxia veneficiis; et animalia omnia, quae amphibia dicuntur, ut quae terram simul cum aqua incolunt: ut castores et lutrae, et quae venantur pisces: praeterea animalia omnia monstrosa, et quae absque manifestis seminibus aut aequivoce generantur, ut mures ex coitu et ex terrae putrescentia. Inter aves lunares sunt anseres, anates, merguli, et aves aquatiles et piscium venatrices, ut ardeae, et quae aequivoce producuntur, ut vespae ex cadaveribus equorum: apes ex putrefactione vaccarum: muscae ex vino corrupto, et scarabei ex carnibus asinorum. Maxime vero lunaris est scarabeus bicornis, quem tauriformem vocant: qui pilulam defodiens, relinquit octo et viginti diebus, quibus luna totum zodiacum metitur; nono autem et vigesimo die, quibus luminum coniunctionem futuram putat, adaperiens, in aquam proiicit, unde tunc prodeunt scarabei. Inter pisces lunares sunt aelurus, cuius oculi ad vices lunas variantur: et quicunque lunae motum observant, ut torpedo, echeneis, cancer, ostrea, conchylia, et ranae.
Close translation
Lunar things are, among the elements, earth, and then water — both of the sea and of rivers — and all moist things, the fluids of trees and animals, especially the white ones, such as egg-whites, fats, sweat, phlegm, and the body's superfluities. Of the flavors, the salty and the insipid. Among metals, silver. Among stones, hers is the crystal, the silver marcasite, and all white and green stones. Also the stone selenite, that is, the lunar stone, translucent from white, with a honey-colored gleam, imitating the moon's motion, bearing the moon's shape within itself, and reproducing it day by day as it waxes and wanes — in number, that is. Also pearls, which are generated in shells from drops of water; likewise crystal, and beryl. Among plants and trees, lunar ones are the selenotropion, which turns toward the moon just as the heliotrope turns toward the sun; and the palm tree, which puts out a single new branch at each new moon; hyssop too, a kind of rosemary, smaller than a tree but larger than the herbs, partaking of both; the chaste tree, or agnus castus, is also lunar, and the olive. Likewise the herb called chinostates, which grows and shrinks with the moon — that is, in the substance and number of its leaves, not only in moisture and power, which each plant has in common to some degree — except for the onions of Mars, which alone have powers of waxing and waning contrary to the moon's own increase and decrease: just as, among the birds, the osprey, a bird of Saturn, is at the same time the moon's greatest enemy. Lunar animals are those that delight in human company, and those which show, equally, a variable love and hatred by nature — such as dogs of every kind. The chameleon is also lunar, which always takes on the color of whatever it faces, just as the moon changes her nature according to the varying sign in which she is found. Likewise lunar are sows, does, she-goats, and whatever animals observe and imitate the moon's motion: as the baboon, and the panther — for it is said that this creature bears on its shoulder a mark like the moon, which grows in circles, and horns that curve in like fashion. Cats too are lunar, whose eyes grow larger or smaller with the moon's phases: and such things as these — as menstrual blood, with which many wonders and monstrous things are worked among magicians. The hyena too, which changes sex, and is subject to various forms of sorcery; and all animals called amphibious, that is, which dwell on land together with water, such as beavers and otters, and those that hunt fish: besides these, all monstrous animals, and those generated without evident seed, or equivocally, as mice from coupling and from the putrefaction of earth. Among lunar birds are geese, ducks, divers, and the water-birds and fish-hunters, such as herons, and those produced equivocally, as wasps from the carcasses of horses, bees from the putrefaction of cattle, flies from spoiled wine, and beetles from the flesh of asses. But most lunar of all is the two-horned beetle, which they call the bull-shaped one: which, burying its little ball, leaves it for twenty-eight days, in which time the moon measures out the whole zodiac; and on the twenty-ninth day, when it supposes the conjunction of the two luminaries is at hand, it opens the ball and throws it into water, from which the beetles then emerge. Among lunar fish are the sea-cat, whose eyes change with the phases of the moon, and whatever creatures observe the moon's motion, such as the torpedo-fish, the echeneis, the crab, the oyster, the shellfish, and frogs.
Modern rendering
Lunar things start, among the elements, with earth, then water — sea and river alike — and everything moist: sap and bodily fluids, especially the white ones, like egg white, fat, sweat, phlegm, and other bodily discharge. Among flavors: salty and bland. Among metals: silver. Among stones: crystal, silver marcasite, and anything white or green. Also selenite — the 'moonstone' — translucent white with a honeyed glow, said to mimic the moon's motion, carrying the moon's shape inside it and visibly changing day by day as it waxes and wanes. Also pearls, formed in shells from drops of water, and likewise crystal and beryl. Among plants: the selenotrope turns to face the moon the way the heliotrope faces the sun; the palm tree puts out one new branch with every new moon; hyssop, a plant between rosemary and a small tree, shares traits of both. The chaste tree and the olive are also lunar. So is the plant called chinostates, which grows and shrinks with the moon — visibly, in the size and number of its leaves, not just in some hidden inner quality (most plants share that trait to some degree). The one exception is Mars's onion, which alone waxes and wanes in the opposite direction from the moon. Similarly, among birds, the osprey — a bird of Saturn — is also the moon's fiercest enemy. Lunar animals are the ones that like human company, and those that swing between deep affection and hostility, like dogs of every breed. The chameleon is lunar too, since it always matches the color of whatever's near it, the way the moon's nature shifts with whatever sign she's passing through. Also lunar: sows, does, she-goats, and any animal that tracks or mirrors the moon's movement, like the baboon and the panther — which supposedly carries a moon-shaped mark on its shoulder that grows in rings, with horns that curve the same way. Cats are lunar too — their eyes widen and narrow with the moon's phases — and so is menstrual blood, which sorcerers use for all kinds of strange and monstrous workings. The hyena, which changes sex and is prone to various curses, is lunar as well; so are all amphibious creatures — animals that live on land and in water together, like beavers and otters, and anything that hunts fish. Also lunar: every monstrous animal, and anything born without clear parentage or 'spontaneously' — like mice from mating or from rotting earth. Among birds: geese, ducks, grebes, and other water-birds and fish-hunters like herons, plus creatures born 'spontaneously' — wasps from dead horses, bees from rotting cattle, flies from spoiled wine, beetles from donkey carcasses. The most lunar creature of all is the two-horned dung beetle, the so-called 'bull-shaped' one: it buries its ball and leaves it alone for twenty-eight days — the time it takes the moon to travel the whole zodiac — then on the twenty-ninth day, expecting the sun and moon to align, it opens the ball and drops it in water, and the young beetles emerge from it. Among fish, the sea-cat is lunar, its eyes changing with the moon's phases, along with anything that tracks the moon's movement — the torpedo ray, the echeneis, the crab, oysters, shellfish, and frogs.
Editorial flags — draft status
- list: Full lunar correspondence catalogue: metal (silver), stones (crystal, marcasite, selenite, pearl, beryl), plants (selenotrope, palm, hyssop, chaste tree/agnus castus, olive, chinostates-herb, Mars's onion as the sole exception), animals (dogs, chameleon, sow, doe, she-goat, baboon, panther, cat, hyena, beaver, otter, spontaneously-generated creatures), birds (goose, duck, diver/grebe, heron, wasp, bee, fly, scarab/dung-beetle), fish (sea-cat, torpedo ray, echeneis, crab, oyster, shellfish, frog). Flagging the WHOLE list per spec rule 3 for manual re-key against page images.
- uncertain: Page-furniture fragment 'XXXII, DE-OCCVLTA PHILOSOPHIA' appears mid-body in the OCR (running head + gathering signature) — deleted per spec rule 5 as non-content.
- uncertain: 'octo et viginti' (28) for the dung-beetle's incubation period reconstructed from a damaged numeral OCR ('toclo et viginti'); the following '29th day' reference makes 28 the consistent reading, but flagging since it's a load-bearing numeral in a magical/technical claim.