John Killingworth [Chillingworth], Astronomical tables, with canons attributed to Thomas Pray
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John Killingworth [Chillingworth], Astronomical tables, title: 'Tabulas Kelyngworth Oxoniensis'; rubric: 'Incipiunt tabule que dicuntur Kelyngworthe' (ff. 3r-32v); preceded by canons explaining the use of John Killingworth's tables attributed to Master Thomas Pray of University College, Oxford, ...
Catalogue of Stars extracted from Ptolemy, Almagest, in the Latin translation of Gerard of Cremona, updated with new calculations for the year 1440; title: 'Facies celi gradibus et loci stellarum'; rubric: 'Constellaciones formarum septemtrionalium; incipit: 'Illa que est super extremitate caude...
Guido Bonatti, Decem tractatus astronomiae:(ff. 53r-248v), preceded by a table of contents (ff. 48r-52r); rubric: 'In nomine domini amen. Incipit liber introductorius ad iudicia stellarum...'; incipit: 'In nomine domini nostri Jesu Cristi misericordis et vere dei et veri hominis.' Guido Bonatti...
Alfonsine Tables (extract); rubric: 'Tabula communis ad extrahendum omnes eras bisextiles et ad extrahendum incognita et cognita'; with canons (ff. 264r-266v), incipit: 'Inventis centris et argumentis mediis...'.
Geoffrey of Monmouth, Prophetiae Merlini (Prophecies of Merlin)
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Geoffrey of Monmouth, Epistle to Bishop Alexander of Lincoln (preface to the Prophecies of Merlin), incipit: 'Coegit me Alexander'; Geoffrey of Monmouth, Prophetiae Merlini (Prophecies of Merlin), incipit: 'Sedente igitur vortegirno rege britonum'. f. 268v: A table of cities with their longitu...
Alpharinus, Liber arenalis scientiae, translated by Plato Tiburtinus (Plato of Tivoli)
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Alpharinus, Liber arenalis scientiae, translated by Plato Tiburtinus (Plato of Tivoli), rubric: 'In nomine domini Ihesu xristi incipit Liber scientie arienalis de iudiciis geomansie ab alpharino filio abrahe judeo editus, et a platone de hebreico sermone in Latinum translatus...'; incipit: 'Fort...
Geomantic tables with a canon, rubric: 'Tabule Humfridi ducis Glowcestrie in judiciis artis geomansie'; incipit (canon): 'Antequam procedatur ad judicium...'; with a table of planets correlated with geomentic figures and their significations (f. 287v).
Political prophecy, known as the 'Prophecy of John of Bridlington' or 'Prophecy of Bridlington', incipit: 'Febribus infectus: requies fuerat mihi lectus'; with five other political prophecies, which begin as follows (f. 190v): 'Lilia terna dies libre'; 'H. parte submercet', 'Mens cur cor'; 'Ter ...
Brigitta of Sweden, Revelationes, book 4 (extract), with a collection of political prophecies
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Visions of Brigitta of Sweden concerning the kingdoms of England and France, extracted from her Revelationes, book 4, title: 'Visiones Sancte Brigitte vidue filie regis Swazie de regibus Anglie et Francie'; rubric: 'Orante xristi sponsa vidit in visione qualiter beatus Dionisius orabat pro regno ...
The Howard Psalter is preceded by a collection of theological diagrams excerpted from several sources and known as the Speculum theologie, probably compiled by Johannes Metensis (John of Metz), a Franciscan preacher and follower of Bonaventura, active in Paris around 1273, and a calendar inserte...