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Arundel MS 268, ff 41-74

Record Id:
041-003310676
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002039280
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100030382388.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100165366822.0x000002
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 268, ff 41-74
Title:

Miscellany of astronomical treatises

Scope & Content:

Contents:

ff. 41v–44v: Jacob ben Machir ibn Tibbon (Profacius), Canones super quadrantem: begins, ‘Incipit tractatus quadrantis noui compotus a magistro profacio hebre[o] anno dominice incarnationis vmo et 88º et correctus ab eodem anno domini 1301. Cum stellarum scientia sine congruis’; added at the end, ‘Iste quadrans correctus fuit apud montem pessolanum anno 1º 3º 0º 1º etc.’

ff. 44v–49r: Theorica planetarum, ‘Incipit theoica planetarum et primo de theorica motus solus et circuli eius. Circulus etentritus uel egresse cuspidis uel egredientis’.

ff. 49r–56v: Masha'allah ibn Atharī, Astrolabium, ‘Scito quod astrolabium est nomen’.

ff. 57v–61r: Johannes Hispalensis, Practica Astrolabi, ‘Nomina instrumentorum \astrolabii/ sunt … talis est comperaacio stature tue ad planiciem. Explicit practica astrolabij.’

ff. 61r–63v: Thābit ibn Qurra, De motu spere, ‘Incipit liber tebith letorath de motu .8ᵉ. spere. Ymaginabor sperant equatoris diei’.

ff. 63v–65v: Thābit ibn Qurra, De hiis quae indigent expositione antequam legatur Almagesti, ‘Incipit liber thebith de hijs que indigent expositione antequam legatur almagesti. Quatuor diei est circulus major qui describitur duos polos’.

ff. 65v–66r: Thābit ibn Qurra, De ymaginacione spere, ‘Incipit thebith de ymaginacione spere. Nos iuxta ymaginacionem’.

ff. 66r–67r: Thābit ibn Qurra, De quantitatibus stellarum, ‘Incipit thebith de quantitatibus stellarum. Ptholomeus et alii sapientes’.

ff. 67r–74v: ‘In nomine domini nostri iesu christi. Incipit tractatus de spera solida siue de astrolabio sperico compositus a magistro iohanne de harlebeke. medico. Anno domini .1303. parisiis. Tocius astrologie speculationis radix’ [ends imperfectly].

Decoration:

Large and small initials in red, a few with penwork decoration in brown ink (f. 41r). Diagrams (ff. 41v, 43r), with additional space left for others left unexecuted. Running titles in letters alternating between blue and red (ff. 49r, 57v–58r, 61r). Circular spaces left in the text.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Arundel Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002039280
040-002039551
041-003310676
Is part of:
Arundel MS 1-550 : Arundel Manuscripts
Arundel MS 268 : Scientific miscellany

 

Arundel MS 268, ff 41-74 : Miscellany of astronomical treatises
Hierarchy:
032-002039280[0269]/040-002039551[0002]/041-003310676
Container:
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:

Part of Arundel MS 268

Digitised Content:
Languages:
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1303
End Date:
1303
Date Range:
14th century, after 1303
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 220 × 160 mm (written area 195 × 125 mm, in two columns).

Script: Protogothic, written below top line

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
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