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Syriac Book of Medicines, fol. 211b-12a, 260b:
Portents [derived] from shooting stars. When a star goes from the east to the west, the king of Persia will die in Bēt Hūzāyē, and there will be sicknesses and diseases among men. When a star goes from the west to the east, there will be great wrath and all mankind will suffer tribulation, and evil words will be spoken, but finally it shall be well. When the star goes from the north to the south, the king will see evil, and women will not go with child, and a father will slay his son, and a brother his brother for [a period of] three years, and then there shall be peace. When the star goes from the south to the north, and is red, or if it falls from the heavens to the earth, there will be a pestilence in that year, and the king will go to a far country, and war and darkness will prevail, and there will be much sickness and [leading away into] captivity, but in the towns there shall be peace. When the star goes from the west to the east, and bursts (?), there will be pestilence among the exalted ones, and men will increase in their habitations. When the star descends from the highest heaven to the earth, there will be tranquillity and peace, and we shall praise God. When the star bursts forth from the east, and is like unto fire, and does not burst (?), the offspring of beasts (or, cattle) will flourish, and flowers will bloom, and the towns which have been laid waste will be rebuilt.
Sources (list of abbreviations)
Syriac Book of Medicines, fol. 211b-12a
Syriac Book of Medicines, fol. 260b
Bibliography
| Budge 1913, 520-521, 653-654 | Budge, E. A. Wallis. Syrian Anatomy, Pathology and Therapeutics or The Book of Medicines. London: Oxford University Press 1913. |
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