Ars fabricandi instrumentum horarum immobile quod vocatur Dialle
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The text entitled Ars fabricandi instrumentum horarum immobile quod vocatur Dialle, incipit: 'Ut facias artificialiter...' This quire originally formed part of a different manuscript and bears a separate medieval foliation. Decoration: Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and paraphs in ...
De expositione nominum astronomie, attributed to Thebit ben Corat
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De expositione nominum astronomie, attributed to Thebit ben Corat in the table of contents, incipit: 'Diem? omni in horarum...' F. 119r is a palimpsest. The text was written over an erased diagram. A part of a similar unfinished diagram is on f. 131v. Decoration: Initials in blue. 12 diagram...
Astronomical text on making almanacs, incipit 'Nota faciendi artificialis almanak planetarum', entitled in the margin 'Modus componendi almanak in brevis'.
Astronomical text listed in the table of contents as 'Tractatus de naturiis planetarum', incipit: 'Saturnus est primus que scripsimus...' Decoration: Initials in red. Includes two tables (ff. 133v, 133r).
Alkindus (al-Kindi), De mutatione temporum, here attributed to Dorotheus and listed as the 'Tractatus de imbribus et pluviis' in the table of contents. Decoration: Initials in blue.
Liber novem iudicum (imperfect). The text on ff. 156-162v was supplied by a diffferent, slightly later hand. Decoration: Initials in blue. Places left for diagrams (ff. 147v-149r, 150v).
Exafenon, attributed to Richard of Wallingford (entitled 'Liber fratris Perscrutatoris de impressionibus aeris' in the table of contents). Decoration: Initials in blue.