Character Catalog

A collection of 942 quatrains written in archaic French, organized into ten centuries of one hundred quatrains each. This is Nostradamus's major work, continuously reprinted to this day and translated throughout the world.

A practical guide to cosmetics and medicinal cooking, containing recipes for preserves, jams, and beauty preparations. It reflects the side of Nostradamus the physician and apothecary, attentive to everyday well-being.

A series of annual publications containing month-by-month astrological predictions, along with medical and agricultural advice. Widely circulated throughout France, these almanacs preceded the fame of the Centuries and provided Nostradamus with a steady income.

A translation and commentary on a text by the Greek physician Galen concerning hygiene. This publication confirms Nostradamus's grounding in the humanist medical tradition of the Renaissance.

Two prose texts framing the Centuries, in which Nostradamus outlines his prophetic method and astrological principles. These letters are essential documents for understanding his worldview.

The young lion will overcome the old one, on the field of battle in single combat, he will pierce his eyes in a cage of gold, two wounds in one, then he dies a cruel death.

To make a robe of crimson velvet dyed in grain… take well-ground rock alum, boil it with clean rainwater.

Considering that the coming of common folk is cause enough for me to withdraw my pen to the quiet of the night, I have composed books of prophecies, each containing one hundred astronomical quatrains of prophecy.

To the most invincible, most powerful and most Christian Henry, King of France the Second: Michel Nostradamus, his most humble and most obedient servant and subject… These present prophecies shall in part be fulfilled.

The month of January will be cold and rainy with fierce winds… diseases will be widespread and universal across many regions of Christendom.

Nostradamus's birthplace in Provence, where he was born in 1503 into a converted Judeo-Provençal family. The house where he was born is today a museum dedicated to his memory.

The renowned medical faculty where Nostradamus studied from 1522. There he acquired the foundations of humanist medicine and medical botany before setting out to treat plague victims.

The town where Nostradamus settled permanently after his second marriage in 1547, and where he wrote his Centuries. He died there in 1566; his tomb is still visible in the Collegiate Church of Saint-Laurent.

The city he helped save during the great plague of 1546, earning the gratitude of its inhabitants and consuls. This episode durably established his reputation as an exceptional physician.

Nostradamus was received at court in 1555 at the invitation of Catherine de' Medici, who had him draw up horoscopes for the princes. This visit cemented his fame throughout the kingdom.