A commentary on Ptolemy's Almagest, book 5, incipit: 'Diametrum epicicli...'. A note added in the margin reads 'hec questiones de libro 5to Almagesti Albramati (?)' (f. 132r). Decoration: Initials and paraphs in red. Numerous geometrical diagrams in the margins.
(μαʹ). St John of Damascus, Homilia ii in dormitionem beatae uirginis Mariae. inc. Ἔστι μὲν ἀνθρώπων οὐδείς. CPG 8062; PG 96.721. Τhe homily continues after line 2 as Iohannis liber de dormitione Mariae (C. Tischendorf, Apocalypses Apocryphae Mosis, Esdrae, Pauli, Iohannis item Mariae dormitio, additis evangeliorum et actuum apocryphorum supplementis , Leipzig 1866, pp.95-112). Imperfect , expl. (Tischendorf p.111, l. 12) ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ. τούτου δὲ μετατεθέντος.
Harley MS 110, ff. 1 and 56 contain fragments of a gradual with musical notation made in the mid-eleventh century, possibly at the Old Minster, Winchester (Bell, Music (2001), p. 59). The gradual appears to have been trimmed from its original dimensions to form endleaves for Harley MS 110, ff. 2...
Euclidean Geometry in Latin attributed to Boethius.
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Contents: This geometrical compilation was one of the fundamental textbook in geometry until the translation of Euclid's Elements. It was composed in the first half of the 11th century from several sources. During the Middle Ages it was attributed to Boethius, that is why since the edition of...
Christine de Pizan, Collected works ('The Book of the Queen'), vol. 1
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The first volume of Works by Christine de Pizan, also known as 'The Book of the Queen', including: 1. List of contents, Table des dictiez en general (ff. 2r-2v). 2. Dedication to the queen Isabel of Bavaria, Prologue adreçant à la royne (ff. 3r-3v). 3. Cent balades (ff. 4r-21r); 4. Virelais ...
Christine de Pizan, Collected works ('The Book of the Queen'), vol. 2
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The second volume of works by Christine de Pizan, also knowns as 'The Book of the Queen', including: 1. Le Livre du chemin de long estude (ff. 178r-219v); 2. Dit de la pastoure (ff. 221r-236v); 3. Épîtres sur le Roman de la rose (ff. 237r-254r); 4. Epistre à Eustace Morel (ff. 255v-257r); 5...