(Q3349)
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Astronomy--Germany--History--16th century
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[circa 1550]
16. century
1550Gregorian
1550Gregorian
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Extent: 40 leaves : paper ; 199 x 147 mm bound to 205 x 155 mm
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Origin: Written in Wittenberg (f. 29v), ca. 1550 (after the publication of Copernicus' De revolutionibus in 1543).
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Ms. codex.
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Collation: Paper, 40; 1-5⁸ (f. 1, 9-14, 31, 40 blank).
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Script: Written in italic script, either by multiple hands or in varying degrees of formality (f. 2r-8v, 15r-39r).
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Decoration: 8 diagrams (f. 8r, 19v, 20v, 22v, 23v, 26r, 29r, 30r) involving circles, radii, and latitude, in black ink, black ink with red letters, or red ink; 4 small mathematical diagrams (f. 32r, 32v, 33v); rubrication in red in second part of manuscript (f. 15r-38v).
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Binding: Later marbled paper.
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Sold at auction at Reiss & Sohn (Königstein im Taunus), 4 Nov. 1998, lot 4.
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Sold by H. P. Kraus (New York), cat. 215 (Dec. 2000), no. 254, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
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Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
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27 August 2023
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27 August 2023
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