Liber de astronomia (DS1678) (Q9444)

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Liber de astronomia (DS1678)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9931800413503681, Ms. Codex 826, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9931800413503681)

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    date added
    19 September 2023
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    title as recorded
    Liber de astronomia
    standard title
    De astronomia
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    associated name as recorded
    Jābir ibn Aflah, Abū Muhammad, 12th cent
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    Author
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    Ǧābir Ibn-Aflāḥ
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    Cánovas del Castillo, Antonio, 1828-1897
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    Former owner
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    Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
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    Voynich, Wilfred Michael, 1865-1930
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    Former owner
    name in authority file
    Wilfrid Voynich
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    genre as recorded
    Manuscripts, Medieval
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    Manuscripts, Medieval
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    Diagrams
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    diagrams
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    Manuscripts, Latin
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    Manuscripts, Latin
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    subject as recorded
    Trigonometry--Early works to 1800
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    Trigonometry
    Early works
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    Astronomy
    term in authority file
    Astronomy
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    Early works to 1800
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    Early works
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    Trigonometry
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    Trigonometry
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    Astronomy--Early works to 1800
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    Astronomy
    Early works
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    dated
    Non-dated
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    physical description
    Extent: 64 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 261 x 198 (193 x 128) mm bound to 270 x 203 mm
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    material as recorded
    parchment, illustrations
    material in authority file
    Parchment
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    note
    Ms. codex.
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    Title from title page (front flyleaf recto).
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    Foliation: Parchment, ii + 64 + i; [1-64]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
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    Layout: Written in 50 long lines; frame-ruled in lead.
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    Script: Written in a Gothic script by several hands.
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    Decoration: Decorated initial in red and blue (f. 1r); decorative ascenders and descenders added by a later hand beginning at the end of Book 5 (f. 31v), some with red ink (f. 33v-34r); trigonometric and spherical trigonometric diagrams throughout, most commonly in the margins; occasionally the text is shaped to accommodate a larger diagram (for example, f. 23v); replacement strips for...
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    Binding: 17th-century vellum (Zacour-Hirsch).
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    Origin: Probably written in France, but possibly written in Spain, ca. 1300 (Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue) or ca. 1250-1300 (Thomas R. Adams).
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    Incipit: Scientia species habet quarum melior post scientiam fidei.
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    Explicit: ... i[n] duo media s[ed] q[uod] e[st] i[n] figura prima.
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    Contemporary and near-contemporary marginal notes in several hands throughout.
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    Illegible note with the date 1440 (f. 63v).
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    Formerly owned by Don A. Canovas del Castillo (bookplate, inside upper cover).
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    Formerly owned by Wilfred M. Voynich, 1920 (Thomas R. Adams).
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    Purchased, 1949.
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    date last updated
    28 April 2025
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