Astrological treatises, in English (composite volume, fragment) (DS9636) (Q42912)

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Astrological treatises, in English (composite volume, fragment) (DS9636)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18618601, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861860, mssHM 60320)

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    Astrological treatises, in English (composite volume, fragment)
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    Extent: ff. 16 : paper ; 145 x 187 mm
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    Title from printed catalog.
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    Support: Paper.
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    Assigned Date: s. XV/XVI.
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    Part I. [Astrological treatise}. Script: Cursive book script. Layout: Frame-ruled in plummet and written with about 35 long lines. Span folios: ff. 1-4v. Other Decoration: 3- and 2-line initials in plain red.
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    Part. 2. De naturis substancialibus planetarum quas habent ex natura propria. Script: Formal bâtarde script. Layout: Frame-ruled in ink and written with about 32 long lines. Span folios: ff. 5-16v. Other Decoration: Space reserved for 3- and 2-line initials. ff. iii and iv-v (=the contemporary front and back flyleaves) probably belong together, and come from another part of the parent volume...
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    Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/5/2009.
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    The present two texts originally written separately: the parent volume consisted of several parts, mostly concerning astrology (including Chaucer's Treatise on the Astrolabe), of various dates of the second half of the s. XV and of s. XVI. James Alleyn, s. XVI, with his signature on f. iii of the parent volume, according to the 1983 catalog description. The marquises of Bute, of Luton...
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    22 July 2024
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    22 July 2024
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