Cosmographies (DS1659) (Q9387)

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Cosmographies (DS1659)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9924875023503681, Ms. Codex 761, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9924875023503681)

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    19 September 2023
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    Cosmography--Early works to 1800
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    Early works to 1800
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    Astronomy--Early works to 1800
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    Latin, with annotations in Latin and Greek
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    Extent: 341 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 203 x 144 (130 x 73) mm bound to 214 x 146 mm
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    paper, illustrations
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    Ms. codex.
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    Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
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    List of contents in contemporary hand (front flyleaf [i] recto).
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    Collation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 340 + i (contemporary paper); 1-2110 228 2310 248 25-2910 308 31-3410 356; [1-340]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Link to collation model at end of record.
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    Layout: Written in 23 long lines; ruled in drypoint.
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    Script: Written in a humanistic script by more than one hand. Marginal and interlinear annotations in various hands.
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    Decoration: Rubricated headings, marginal notes, and paragraph marks; spaces left for initials, some filled in, many with guide letters visible; marginal geometric diagrams in the first and fourth works.
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    Binding: Original tooled calf.
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    Origin: Written in Italy, circa 1500 (Zacour-Hirsch).
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    2nd work Pseudo-Aristotle (Zacour-Hirsch).
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    3rd work probably translated by Lilius Tifernas (Zacour-Hirsch, Supplement A, Corrigenda). Title from explicit (f. 274r).
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    4th work translated by Carolus Valgulius, translation dedicated to Cesare Borgia. Only known work of Cleomedes, later translated under various titles, now known as De mundo.
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    Formerly owned by a member of the Tirabosco family (early ownership inscription in ink, f. 340v).
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    Sold by Helmuth Domizlaff (Munich), 1950.
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    28 April 2025
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