Pseudo-Ptolemy, Centiloquium, with the commentary of Haly ibn Ridwan
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Pseudo-Ptolemy, Centiloquium, with the commentary of Haly ibn Ridwan. Decoration: 1 illuminated initial 'S'(cientia) in colours and gold at the beginning of the text, with a guide letter 's' in the margin (f. 141r).
Al-Kindi, De radiis (or Theorica artium magicarum)
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Al-Kindi, De radiis (or Theorica artium magicarum). Includes a 16th-century marking with maniculae, possibly by John Dee (see Barker-Benfield, 2008). Decoration: 1 illuminated initial 'O'(mnes) in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text, with a guide letter 'o' (f. 165r).
Messahala, De cogitationibus ab intentione. Decoration: 1 illuminated initial 'P'(recipit) in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text with a quide letter 'p' in the marigin (f. 173r)
Messahala, Libellus interpretationum sive De inventione occultorum (Latin translation incorporating parts of Dorotheus and Ptolemy on occulta)
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Messahala, Libellus interpretationum sive De inventione occultorum (Latin translation incorporating parts of Dorotheus and Ptolemy on occulta). Decoration: 1 illuminated initial 'S'(cito) in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 173v).
Theodosius, De spheris (in a Latin translation). Decoration: 1 illuminated initial 'S'(pera) in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text, with a guide letter 's' in the margin (f. 175v). Includes a series of geometrical diagrams of the sphere (ff. 176r-177r), some unfinished (ff. 177v-1...
Mileus (or Menelaus) of Alexandria, De figuris sphericis
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Mileus (or Menelaus) of Alexandria, De figuris sphericis, in the Latin translation by Gerard of Cremona. Decoration: 1 illuminated initial 'D'(e) in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text, with a guide letter 'd' in the margin (f. 195r).
Alcabitius, Liber introductorius, in the Latin translation by John of Seville
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Alcabitius, Liber introductorius, in the Latin translation of John of Seville. Decoration: 1 illuminated initial 'P' in colours and gold at the beginning of the text (f. 199r). Includes 4 tables (ff. 200v, 201v, 202r).
Messahala, Liber coniunctionis et receptionis in the Latin translation by John of Seville
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Messahala, Liber coniunctionis et receptionis in the Latin translation by John of Seville. Decoration: 1 illuminated initial 'I'(nvenit) in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 218v). Includes 2 diagrams in colours (ff. 227v, 228v), 2 added marginal diagrams in ink (ff. 220v, 22...
Messahala, De motibus (De orbe) in the Latin translation perhaps by Gerard of Cremona. The text is imperfect, the last 16 words are written by a modern hand (16th century?). Decoration: 1 illuminated initial 'I'(ncipiat) in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text, with a guide letter 'i...