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Cotton MS Vitellius A XII, ff 87–107
- Record Id:
- 041-001102962
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x00029d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100066406660.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vitellius A XII, ff 87–107
- Title:
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Master Cunestabulus, Compotus Constabularii; computistical tables; untitled computistical treatise with hand diagrams
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 87r-97v: Master Cunestabulus, Compotus Constabularii (1175), with an introduction on f. 87r, beginning: ‘Sepe [auctorum] volumina qui de compoto vel principaliter’; the treatise on ff. 87r-97v, beginning: 'Compotus est scientia commensurandi tempora mediis motibus solis et lunae'.
ff. 98r-98v: Computistical tables.
ff. 99r-100v: A computistical treatise concerning calculating epacts and concurrents; including a section on how to find the dates for the feasts of the Nativity and Easter without a calendar; and sections explaining how to calculate dates by using the hand as a mnemonic device (with four hand diagrams).
ff. 101r-107v: An anonymous astronomical treatise, beginning 'Scientia hec a grecis translata apud latinos'.
Decoration:
Four hand diagrams in brown ink, with decorative elements highlighted in red, on f. 100r.
Medium and small initials in blue and red, some with minor penwork decoration in the opposite colour. Rubrics in red. Roman numerals in red.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
England and France 700-1200 Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102958
041-001102962 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vitellius A XII : Computistical memoranda; Ecgberht of York, Dialogus Ecclesiasticæ Institutionis; Abbo of Fleury, De Differentia Circuli…
Cotton MS Vitellius A XII, ff 87–107 : Master Cunestabulus, Compotus Constabularii; computistical tables; untitled computistical treatise with… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0802]/040-001102958[0004]/041-001102962
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XII
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1150
- End Date:
- 1199
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 210 x 150 mm (text space: 180 x 130 mm, in 2 columns).
Script: Protogothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: England.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Master Cunestabulus, fl 1175,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000459600537,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/134148933576554301211 - Subjects:
- Science
- Places:
- England