Tractatum de spera ... [etc. (DS136) (Q589)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9948124823503681, LJS 216, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9948124823503681)
- Sphaera mundi
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Tractatum de spera ... [etc. (DS136) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9948124823503681, LJS 216, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9948124823503681) |
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23 December 2022
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Sphaera mundi
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Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, active 1230
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Honeyman, Robert B
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Stanitz, John D
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Manuscripts, Latin--13th century
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Time measurements--Early works to 1800
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between 1256 and 1270
13. century
1256Gregorian
1270Gregorian
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Extent: 58 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 165 x 110 (97 x 59) mm bound to 171 x 120 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Title from incipit (f. 1r).
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Foliation: Parchment, i (modern parchment) + 58 + i (modern parchment); 18(-1) 212 38(-2) 48(-1) 58(-1) 66 78 86(-1); contemporary foliation in ink, [59], 60-77, 3-44, [45], upper right recto, many trimmed; modern foliation in pencil, [1-45, 45-57], upper right recto. References in this record are to modern foliation. Gatherings 3-7 have framed horizontal catchwords, lower right verso (f. 25v...
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Layout: Written in 26 long lines; frame-ruled in lead with double bounding lines (2 double bounding lines in outer margins).
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Script: Written in Gothic book script by a single hand.
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Decoration: 3 8-line historiated initials related stylistically to those of the Bari workshop showing the author teaching astronomy to 2 students, all tonsured (f. 1r, 29r, 43v); 7 illustrations including a diagram of the zones of the earth (painted, f. 16v); diagrams of the movements of the sun and moon around the earth and lunar and solar eclipses (colored drawings, f. 18r, 19r, 19v); a...
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Binding: Modern velvet.
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Origin: Probably written in Paris between 1256 and 1270.
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Formerly owned by Robert B. Honeyman (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Ms. Astron. 11/Ms. 56.
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Sold at auction at Sotheby's in the Honeyman collection of scientific books and manuscripts, Part III, 2 May 1979, lot 1089.
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Handled by Maggs Bros.; appeared in a Sam Fogg Ltd. catalog (Autumn/Winter 1995).
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Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 47.
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Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.
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Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
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28 April 2025
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