'...Tractatus de sp[h]era solida siue de astrolabio sperico compositus anno Domini .1303°.' and 'Tractatus Alfragani de motibus planetarum commentatus ab Hugoni [sic] Sanctaliensis', Made up of two pieces written in the 13th and 14th century
File
MS. Arch. Selden B. 34
Held at the Weston Library
- 14th cent.: in two columns: with coloured capital, diagrams, etc., (fol. 4). '... Tractatus de sp[h]era solida siue de astrolabio sperico compositus anno Domini .1303°.', beg. 'Tocius astrologice speculacionis radix': a Latin astrological note follows on fol. 12, beg. 'Notandum est de directionibus'.
- 1st half of the 13th cent.: with elaborate coloured capital, diagrams etc., (fol. 13). 'Tractatus Alfragani de motibus planetarum commentatus ab Hugoni [sic] Sanctaliensis': beg. 'Quia nonnullos nec inmerito te conturbat': both text (in red) and commentary seem to be here. Hugo's preface is addressed to 'mi domine Tyrassonensis antistes', i. e. Michael bishop of Tarazona in Aragon.
Dates
- Creation: Made up of two pieces written in the 13th and 14th century
Extent
66 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Arch. Selden B. 34
Arrangement
Old Selden mark = B. 18
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 3348
Custodial History
On fol. 4 is 'M. Securis . Emptns ex bibliopola adolescente Salisberiensi . 1553. 7. mensis Martij', cf. fol. 63v. Michael Hatchett was a Salisbury doctor, himself an author.
Manuscript 3362 acquired by the Bodleian Library
Physical Facet
On parchment
Dimensions
10 3/4 × 7 5/8 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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