Picatrix a Schifanoia: un’interpretazione magico- astrologica del Salone dei Mesi

Picatrix is a magic and astrological text,

written in Arabic in the middle of the 11th century.

The original arabic manuscript ("the aim of the wise")

was translated into Spanish (1256) by order of

Alfonso "el Sabio" and then, sometime later, into Latin.

But Picatrix is also an important source of

Schifanoia's frescoes. The article will try to understand

the "philosophy" of Picatrix and to explain why

this magic manuscript has so influenced the astrological

"plot" of the frescoes.