PALMISTRY - MEDIAEVAL PALMISTRY The introduction (in German) to the first published work on palmistry - Hartlieb's blockbook, Die Kunst Ciromantia, printed circa 1475. The interpretation is based on a fixed-symbol reading of particular formations on the hand (in the circles within the lower diagram) are sigils for planets, zodiacal signs and aspects, which are supposed to have particular effects on the individual's destiny, when these appear in the hand.

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