Astronomical miscellany : in Latin]. (DS3546) (Q17420)
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| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Astronomical miscellany : in Latin]. (DS3546) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444913, MS q Med.80) |
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Astronomical miscellany : in Latin].
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Gilhofer & Ranschburg (Vienna, Austria)
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Austria
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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1319.
14. century
1319Gregorian
1319Gregorian
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Extent: 98 leaves : parchment ; 258 x 185 (185 x 135) mm bound to 26 cm, in box 29 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: ...agricles. Piscium...
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Collation: Parchment, fol. 98 ; 1-28 34 412 5-88 910 108 1110 128−2 (final two leaves cancelled). An unknown number of leaves apparently lacking after fol. 32 and 56, since those texts end imperfectly ; modern arabic pencil foliation, upper outer corner each page.
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Layout: 2 columns, 38-48 lines. Bounding and writing lines ruled in light plummet, upper and lower writing lines full-length to edges.
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Script: Written in several early gothic bookhands in brown ink with red rubrics.
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Decoration: Two- to four-line red epigraphic capitals throughout, red paragraph markers throughout in differing styles.
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Binding: Contemporary (?) deerskin over boards, blind-fillet design on covers, small head- and tail-flaps over endbands; 14th-century manuscript waste pastedowns inner front and back. 14th-century label on spine reads "Astrologi/ca"; 14th-century title handwritten on cover reads, "Albumasar de med[i]tat[i]o[n]ib[us]". Housed in a clamshell box.
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Origin: Written in Austria in 1319, possibly at the Benedictine abbey in Admont; the manuscript was at the abbey by 1380, as it is described in the library catalog compiled that year: "Albumasar de meditacionibus cordis. Incipit. In disponendis. In eodem. Liber absconditorum messahale. Et. Liber convinctionis vel receptionis messahale. Et. Liber alchabicii introductorii iudiciorum astronomie...
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Provenance: Number 481 in the abbey library through the 19th century, with the abbey label on its spine and a 19th-century purple ownership stamp on fol. 1. Several 14th-century annotations on fol. 1 concerning Golden Numbers. Unidentified manuscript used as binding material on front and rear pastedown.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Sold to BPL in 1939 by Gilhofer & Ranschburg, cat. 265, no. 2.
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Call number: MS q Med.80.
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Former call number: MS 1488.
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Bibliography: L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, A Catalogue of Incipits of Mediaeval Scientific Writings in Latin (Cambridge, Mass.: 1963); P. J. Wichner, "Zwei Bücherverzeichnisse des 14. Jahrh. in der Admonter Stiftsbibliothek," Beihefte zum Centralblatt für Bibliothekswesen I (1888): 497-531; E. Zinner, Verzeichnis der astronomischen Handschriften des deutschen Kulturgebietes (Munich, 1925).
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28 November 2023
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28 November 2023
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