Astrolabium (DS9896) (Q43692)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18621284, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862128, mssHM 732)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Astrolabium (DS9896) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18621284, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862128, mssHM 732) |
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Apian, Peter, 1495-1552
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Volvelles--Germany--17th century
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1608
17. century
1608
1608
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Extent: pages 66 : paper ; 165 x 212 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Support: Paper.
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Script: Secretary.
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Layout: 16(1, 2 pasted together) 2-34 44(-3) 56 64(-4) 7-84. Catchwords in the lower right corner of the text frame on the recto and verso of each leaf. 22-24 long lines; text frame bordered with printed ornaments, a different design used in the last gathering; no line ruling.
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Watermark(s): Similar to Briquet Armoiries, Tête with initials H.S., 2255, Hallstadt 1598.
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Decoration: Frontispiece, p. 1, a separate sheet glued over the existing leaf, with an elaborate engraving of Renaissance motifs and architecture forming niches for allegorical female figures, all carefully colored in by hand, and lettered in the reserved cartouches.
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Other Decoration: 15 diagrams, in black and red, showing the positions of the stars; diagram on p. 53 has 2 movable cut-out layers with a rotating pointer; that on p. 54 also with a rotating pointer; many of the diagrams drawn on separate sheets of paper and pasted to the leaves of the volume. 3 tables, in black and red, of the positions of the stars (p. 29), longitude and latitude (pp...
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Assigned Date: s. XVIIin.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/27/2012.
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The name, "A. F. Schemer, 1775," inscribed on p. i; on p. iii, the number "XXI.E" and a note in German. Source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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