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601. Harley MS 3647, ff 22r-33r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3647, ff 22r-33r
Title:
Johannes de Sacro Bosco, De sphaera
Scope & Content:
Johannes de Sacro Bosco, De sphaera. Decoration: 1 historiated initial 'T'(ractatum) in colours and gold of a scholar holding an astrolabe and addressing his students, at the beginning of the text. Numerous diagrams relating to the astronomy and geometry of the sphere, in brown and red ink w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1300
Extent:
12 folios.

602. Harley MS 3647, ff 33v-54v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3647, ff 33v-54v
Title:
Johannes de Sacro Bosco, Computus
Scope & Content:
Johannes de Sacro Bosco, Computus. Decoration: 1 historiated initial 'C'(ompotus) in colours and gold of a scholar teaching, at the beginning of the text. Diagrams in brown and red ink, some with green washes (ff. 34v, 36v, 39v (in a shape of the Uroboros), 42r, 43r, 45r, 53r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1300
Extent:
22 folios.

603. Harley MS 3647, ff 55r-62v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3647, ff 55r-62v
Title:
'Quardrans secundum modernos' attributed to Robertus Anglicus of Montpellier
Scope & Content:
'Quardrans secundum modernos' attributed to Robertus Anglicus of Montpellier, incipit: 'Geometriae due sunt partes...', with a declination table with a note for use in Paris (f. 60v) and solar tables for the years 1292-95 (ff. 61r-62v). Decoration: 1 historiated initial 'G'(eomatrie) in colour...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1300
Extent:
8 folios.

604. Harley MS 3647, ff 63r-81r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3647, ff 63r-81r
Title:
Messahala (Masha ’Allah Ibn Athari), Astrolabium
Scope & Content:
Messahala (Masha ’Allah Ibn Athari), Astrolabium,in the Latin translation by John of Seville. Decoration: 1 historiated initial 'S'(cito) in colours and gold of a scholar teaching about celestial bodies, at the beginning of the text. 2 foliate initials in colours and gold (ff. 75v, 80r). Seve...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1300
Extent:
19 folios.

605. Harley MS 3647, ff 81r-88r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3647, ff 81r-88r
Title:
Theorica planetarum attributed to Gerard of Cremona
Scope & Content:
Theorica planetarum attributed to Gerard of Cremona. Decoration: 1 illuminated foliate initial 'C'(irculus) in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text. 6 circular planetary diagrams in brown and red ink with green and yellow washes (ff. 81r, 82r, 82v, 83v, 85r, 85v), and 1 unfinished...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1300
Extent:
8 folios.

606. Harley MS 3647, ff 88r-91r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3647, ff 88r-91r
Title:
Thebit ben Corat (Thabit bin Qurra), De motu octavae sphaerae
Scope & Content:
Thebit ben Corat (Thabit bin Qurra), De motu octavae sphaerae. Decoration: 1 illuminated foliate initial 'I'(maginabor) in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 88r). 1 diagram in red ink illustrating movements of the sphere (f. 90r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1300
Extent:
4 folios.

607. Harley MS 3647, ff 91v-94v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3647, ff 91v-94v
Title:
Thebit ben Corat (Thabit bin Qurra), De hiis quae indigent expositione antequam legitur Almagestum
Scope & Content:
Thebit ben Corat (Thabit bin Qurra), De hiis quae indigent expositione antequam legitur Almagestum. Decoration: 1 illuminated foliate initial 'E'(quator) in colours and gold, with a partial border and a monkey eating a fruit, at the beginning of the text (f. 91r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1300
Extent:
4 folios.

608. Harley MS 3647, ff 94v-95v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3647, ff 94v-95v
Title:
Thebit ben Corat (Thabit bin Qurra), De recta imaginatione sphaerae
Scope & Content:
Thebit ben Corat (Thabit bin Qurra), De recta imaginatione sphaerae. Decoration: 1 illuminated foliate initial 'N'(os) in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 94v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1300
Extent:
3 folios.

609. Harley MS 3647, ff 95v-97r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3647, ff 95v-97r
Title:
Thebit ben Corat (Thabit bin Qurra), De quantitate stellarum
Scope & Content:
Thebit ben Corat (Thabit bin Qurra), De quantitate stellarum Decoration: 1 illuminated foliate initial 'P'(tholemeus) in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 95v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1300
Extent:
3 folios.

610. Harley MS 3647, ff 97v-119v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3647, ff 97v-119v
Title:
Canons for Toledan tables
Scope & Content:
Canons for Toledan tables, incipit: 'Quonism cuiusque actionis quantitatem temporis metitur spatium...' Decoration: 1 illuminated foliate initial 'Q'(uoniam) in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 97v) and 1 historiated initial 'Q'(uia) of a man with a telescope (f. 118r). 6 d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1300
Extent:
23 folios.