Ghent, University Library, MS 92, f25v

Liber Floridus (“Book of Flowers”) is a medieval encyclopedia compiled by Lambertus a S. Audomaro in the XII Century. This diagram is from the original manuscript Ghent, University Library, MS 92.

The text has been integrated with the later copy Wolfenbüttel Cod Guelf., 1 Gud lat., Catalog №4305.

Page title: CvRs9 LvNaRis Et AnNi DeSCriPtiO

A description of the Lunar cycle and of the year

[Above the diagram] Transcription: Luna proprium non habet lumen. Sed in modum speculi irradiata a sole resplendet. / Numquam ab eo totus tegi aut occultare potest Hilperico testante; Sol radios suos etiam cum sub terra esset undique ad superiora remittit.

Translation: The Moon does not have light of its own. But it shines as a mirror when it is irradiated by the Sun. As Helperic says, the Moon can never be entirely covered or hidden by the Sun. The Sun sends its rays above in all directions even when it is below the earth [i.e. at night].