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Harley MS 80, ff 58r-74v, ff 68v-74r
- Record Id:
- 042-001942376
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001919536
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000060.0x00011a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 80, ff 58r-74v, ff 68v-74r
- Title:
- Zael (Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili), De Electionibus
- Scope & Content:
-
Zael (Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili; d. 822 or 850), De Electionibus, excerpts?; Rubric 'Incipit eleccionum liber. Capitulum primum', incipit]mnes concordati sunt quod / electiones sint debiles nisi in / divitibus', explicit: 'quod non sit in xii signis ex eleccionibus'.
Followed by two lines added by a later hand, incipit: 'Cum volueris scribere epistolam sit', explicit: 'non retrogradus sit que ipse et luna mundi a malis / Telos huius libri zaelis'.
A 15th-century note on planet orbits on f. 74v.
The text was printed with Ptolemy, Quadripartitum, in Venice, by Ratdolt in 1484 and by Locatellus in 1493. For the text see also Carmody, Arabic Astronomical and Astrological Sciences in Latin Translation (Berkeley, 1956),p. 41.
Decoration:
Spaces left blank for initials with small guide-letters throughout. Headings underlined in red, paragraph initials touched in red, paragraph marks in red (only ff. 68v-69r).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
Harley Science Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-001919536
041-001919543
042-001942376 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 80 : Collection of texts on astronomy, optics, astrology and stones from a Merton College manuscript
Harley MS 80, ff 58r-74v : Zael (Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili), Texts on astronomy
Harley MS 80, ff 58r-74v, ff 68v-74r : Zael (Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili), De Electionibus - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[0079]/040-001919536[0002]/041-001919543[0002]/042-001942376
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- SubItem
- Extent:
- 7 folios.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1350
- End Date:
- 1374
- Date Range:
- 3rd quarter of the 14th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)