The astronomical calendar composed by Nicholas of Lynn (fl. 1386–1411), Carmelite friar and astronomer of Oxford. A note, by Thomas Allen, (1540?–1632), mathematician and antiquary of Gloucester Hall, Oxford (f. 31r), according to the Catalogue of Harleian Manuscripts (1808), reads: 'Hoc calenda...
Directions for braiding; listed in L. E. Voigts and P. D. Kurtz, Scientific and Medical Writings in Old and Middle English: An Electronic Reference, CD-ROM, 2nd edn (Ann Arbor, MI, 2006), no. 2947.00.
(23). Meletios Pegas, Patriarch of Alexandria, Διάλογος ὀρθόδοξος. First printed at Vilna in 1596 . inc. Χαίροις ὦ παῖ. Preceded by (ff. 306-306v) a letter from Meletios to Jeremias II, Patriarch of Constantinople, dated 1587 (ed. I. Sakkelionos, Athens 1883), and followed by (f. 317v) an epigram on Meletios by Emmanouel Achileios.
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...
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 ...