(Q16871)
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28 November 2023
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Astronomical canon tables].
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John, of Saxony, active 1327-1355
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A. Rosenthal, Ltd
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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between 1375 and 1399].
14. century
1375Gregorian
1399Gregorian
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Extent: 34 leaves : parchment ; 272 x 192 (195 x 136) mm bound to 28 cm
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Ms. codex.
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In Latin.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Secundo folio: ... sium a dierum ...
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Collation: Parchment, fol. ii (modern paper) + 34 + ii (modern paper) ; 1-26 36−2 (final two leaves cancelled) ; lower right corner recto in first half of each quire signed 1-6 in 14th-century arabic numerals. Catchwords in lower right corner, last verso of each quire, contained within a border. Original arabic foliation in brown ink, upper right corner of each recto, begins with 55 and...
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Layout: Bounding and writing lines in light brown plummet or in blind.
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Script: Written in a gothic cursive (cursiva libraria) in brown ink.
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Decoration: Seven- to nine-line "puzzle" initials in blue and gold with blue and red filigree on fol. 9v and 25v, three-line blue and red initials elsewhere, red or blue paragraph markers. Geometric diagrams on fol. 26, 27, 27v, 28v, 33v in brown ink, illustrating Canones de sinibus.
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Binding: 18th-century green morocco by Zaehnsdorf, London, gilt filllet border, edges and turn-ins, title gilt on spine, "JOH. DE SAXONIA. JOH. DE LINNERIIS CANONES TABULARIA MS. XIV CENTURY," paper endleaves and pastedowns.
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Origin: Written in France at the end of the fourteenth century. Originally fol. 55-80 of a larger manuscript, probably containing the Alphonsine Tables.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by BPL from A. Rosenthal in 1939. BPL bookplate inside front cover.
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Call number: MS f Med.96.
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Former call number: MS 1523.
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4 December 2023
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