(Q17255)
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28 November 2023
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Theoricae novae planetarum ... etc.].
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Peurbach, Georg von, 1423-1461
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Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. 1820-1889
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Rodd, Thomas, 1796-1849
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Libri, Guillaume, 1803-1869
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Boncompagni, Baldassarre, 1821-1894
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Deighton, Bell, and Co
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Wheldon & Wesley
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Germany
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Calendars--Manuscripts--Early works to 1800
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Declination (Astronomy)--Manuscripts--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, German--Massachusetts--Boston
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Stars--Manuscripts--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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Planets--Manuscripts--Early works to 1800
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between 1475 and 1499?
15. century
1475Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 52 leaves : paper, ill. ; 205 x 141 (approx. 155 x 90) mm bound to 22 cm in box 24 cm
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Ms. codex.
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In Latin with German additions and occasional Greek references.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based primarily on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Title devised by cataloger.
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Secundo folio: Pro horologio...
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Collation: Paper, with watermarks: a hand (on folio 7 -- the original flyleaf -- and the final flyleaf, similar to Piccard 154471, dated 1512); a crown; a running horse; and a [P] surmounted by a four-leaf clover (similar to Piccard 111443, dated 1499), fol. 52 + i (contemporary free endpaper) ; 16 28+1 36 48 512−1 68 76−2 i. Folio 7 is a singleton and was originally the first flyleaf of the...
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Layout: 1 column, 20-28 lines. Bounding lines ruled by creasing.
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Script: Written in a various gothic cursives in black ink with black rubrics.
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Decoration: 1- to 2-line epigraphic capitals in red or black-stroked-red throughout.
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Binding: 16th-century leather-covered bevelled boards, the latter covered with later stippled paper, rebacked with modern adhesive cloth tape, lacking ties, early paper flyleaf and pastedown in back.
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Origin: Written in Germany in the late fifteenth century.
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Provenance: Later owned by James Orchard Halliwell (1820-1889) with his bookstamp "Bibliotheca Halliwelliana" on fol. 2, fol. 8, and fol. 52v; his handwritten ex libris and shelfmark "98" on fol. 1v. In 1840, Halliwell sold his manuscripts en bloc to Thomas Rodd (1796-1849); it therefore seems likely that this manuscript is identical to the Peurbach manuscript owned by Rodd (and offered by him...
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by BPL in 1927.
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Call number: MS q Med.209.
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Former call number: E.197.28.
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Bibliography: Ron B. Thomson and Menso Folkerts, "Boncompagni Manuscripts: Present Shelfmarks," Beta Version 1.8 (May 2013) ; L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, Catalogue of incipits of mediaeval scientific writings in Latin (Cambridge, MA: 1963).
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4 December 2023
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