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Harley MS 3394

Record Id:

040-001616258

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-001616258

MDARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Harley MS 3394

Title:

Andres de Vega, Fabrica Horologa Universal

Scope & Content:

Contains the Fabrica Horologa Universal, a work on dialling, by Andres de Vega, a confessor of Observant Franciscans in the province of Granada, which he dedicated to Luis de Guzmán, advisor to the Minister Provincial of the Franciscans of the province of Granada. The work on the manuscript probably started in 1626 (the date inscribed in the image, f. 16r) and finished in 1627, the year of its presentation.

The text is divided in 6 books, with a preface (ff. 1*r-3*v): book 1 (ff. 1r-42v); book 2 (ff. 43r-79v); book 3 (ff. 80r-96v); book 4 (ff. 97r-104v); book 5 (ff. 105r-116v); book 6 (ff. 117r-144v); with an index of books and chapters (ff. 145r-146v).

Decoration:

Large diagrams and tinted drawings of astronomical instruments:

f. 4r: Diagram of the signs of the Zodiac.

f. 6v: Drawing of the globe demonstrating the equator, meridian and zenith.

f. 7r: Volvelle demonstrating the equator, meridian and zenith.

f. 10r: Drawing of the globe showing meridians.

f. 16r: Astrolabe.

f. 16v: Diagram of the geographical directions.

f. 19r: Diagram of the geographical directions oriented according to the North Star.

f. 27r: Diagram explaining the calculation of the altitude of the North Pole with the use of the sun.

f. 28r: Astronomical instrument to measure a daily declination of the sun.

f. 34r: Quadrant.

f. 37r: Drawing demonstrating the use of a compass to measure the inclination of a wall.

f. 39r: Compass.

f. 39v: Demonstration of the use of a compass.

f. 42r: Volvelle demonstrating how to measure the amount of sun during the whole year.

f. 65v: Diagram of the polar clock.

f. 67r: Equatorial clock.

f. 71v: Diagram demonstrating the use of the astronomical clock.

f. 75r: Astronomical instrument.

f. 78r: Diagram of the astronomical clock.

f. 79v: Diagram of a quadrant.

ff. 81r, 83r, 85r, 87r, 90r, 92v, 93r, 94v, 95v, 96v: Diagrams showing calculations of astronomical clocks.

f. 98v: Diagram of the astronomical division of the day, with a volvelle.

ff. 100r, 101r, 102r, 103r, 104r: Diagrams showing calculations of planetary hours.

ff. 106v, 107r, 108v, 110r, 111v, 113r, 114v-115r: Diagrams of different astronomical clocks.

f. 118r: Diagram showing calculation of a universal quadrangular clock.

f. 121r, Diagram showing calculation of a universal clock.

f. 124r: Astronomical clock.

f. 124v: Diagrams of quadrants.

ff. 126r, 128r, 129v, 130v, 132r: Diagrams showing calculations of a quadrant.

f. 133r: Diagram showing astronomical hours and signs of the Zodiac in a cylinder in the shape of the cross.

f. 134v: Universal astronomical clock.

f. 135v: The cylinder in the shape of the cross.

f. 136v: Cross-section of the cylinder.

f. 138r: Horizontal nocturnal clock.

f. 140r: Volvelle showing phases of the moon.

f. 142r: Astronomical clock of the north.

f. 143r: Astronomical clock.

f. 146v: Image of a griffin.

Numerous drawings explaining geometry and astronomy (ff. 10v-15r, 30r-31v, 35r, 35v, 37r, 40v, 44r, 45r, 45v, 46r, 47v, 50r, 51r-52r, 53v, 56r, 57r, 58r, 60r, 60v, 61v, 62v, 64r, 69v) and astronomical tables (ff. 29r, 47r, 53r, 63r, 74r, 78v, 87v-88v, 90v-91v, 93v, 122v, 127r, 128v, 140v).

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Harley Collection
Harley Science Project

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002045828
040-001616258

Is part of:

Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

Harley MS 3394 : Andres de Vega, Fabrica Horologa Universal

Hierarchy:

032-002045828[3395]/040-001616258

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume

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Languages:

Spanish

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1627

End Date:

1627

Date Range:

1627

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Paper codex.

Dimensions: 235 x 170 mm (text space: 185 x 120 mm).

Foliation: ff. vii + 3* + 146. Original foliation 1-146.

Binding: Post 1600. Brown leather binding.

Custodial History:

Origin: Spain.

Provenance:

Luis de Guzmán, advisor to the Minister Provincial of the Franciscans of the province of Granada: dedicated and probably presented to him by the author, Andres de Vega, in 1627 (f. 1r).

Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681-c. 1753), bookseller, employed by Edward Harley for buying books and manuscripts on the Continent: acquired from him on 12 September 1722, see Hunfret Wanley inscription (f. ii recto).

The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts.

Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (b. 1715, d. 1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.

Publications:

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), III, no. 3392.

C. E. Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), p. 254.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)