(Q52090)
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Ars computistica
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1438.
15. century
1438Gregorian
1438Gregorian
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Extent: 30 leaves : paper, ill. ; 219 x 146 (167 x 112) mm., unbound.
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Ms. gatherings.
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This manuscript is related to Misc. Bd. Mss. 12 and 146. All three are unbound, written on paper of nearly identical dimensions and in the same script, and all three were acquired together from the same source.
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The date "1438" appears on fol. 16r in the text, and is repeated in the outer margin in ink by a 19th-century hand.
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Fol. 11 is torn, so that text on 11r and half of a full-page table on 11v have been lost.
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A slip of paper has been inserted to add a table between fols. 13v and 14r; the other half of the slip, appearing between fols. 21v and 22r, is blank.
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Layout: Written in 41-48 long lines; occasionally framed, but unruled. The text is interrupted by tables and diagrams.
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Script: Gothic cursive; formal Gothic hybrid used in tables and diagrams.
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Decoration: Tables, diagrams, decorated initials.
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Binding: Unbound, boxed.
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Accompanying materials: Loose paper cover in which the manuscript was once stored, with the title "Computus Cirometralis [1438.]" in the hand of George Lincoln Burr; inside the cover is a note by Burr indicating provenance and other details about the manuscript.
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Origin: Written in Germany at the monastery of Ewich near Attendorn, in 1438.
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Provenance: "Liber monasterii in Ewich regularium iuxta Attendorn" (fol. 1r). Dr. Gerhard Hennen of Trier. Bought by George Lincoln Burr for the White Library in 1888 at Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Former shelfmark: MSS Bd. Rare P A78
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Related shelfmark: MS B.53 (De Ricci)
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3 September 2024
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3 September 2024
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