Greek astronomical treatises, Written late in the 16th century by the same scribe as MS. Auct. F. 4
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MS. Savile 2
Held at the Weston Library
Greek astronomical treatises, etc:
- P. 1. Kλανδíον Πτολεμαἱου ὑποθέσεων τών πλανωμένων λόγος.
- P. 21. Kλανδíον Πτολεμαἱου σαϕἠνεια καἰ διάταξις τwν προχεἱρων κανόνων τὴς ἀστρονομἱας....
- P. 45. Kανόνες, namely kανὼν βασιλέων to A.D. 1451 (p. 45), κανὼν έπιοἠμων πόλεων (p. 49), numerous astronomical tables (p. 59), and consular fasti, A.D. 138-372 (p. 221), all, as Dr Gerard Langbaine has pointed out (MS. Langb. 13, p. 107), the work of a Byzantine writer (see pp. 92, 139).
- P. 229. Θέωνος 'Αλεξανδρέως εἱς τοúς προχεἱρους κανόνας τἠς ἀστρονομἱας έξἠγσις: beg. ''H μέν λογικωτίρα έφοδος', as in MS. Savile 4, art. 2. This is Theon's own work addressed to his son Epiphanius.
- P. 313. Θέωνος 'Αλεξανδρέως λογική έφοδος εἱς τοúς προχεἱρους κανόνας τἠς ἀστρονομἱας', in four books: beg. 'Την λογική έφοδον'. This is Theon's commentary on Ptolemy (see pp. 358, 389, 430) addressed to his friends Eulalius and Origenes.
- P. 453.' Αστρονομικ͡ης κατ' έπιτομήν στοιχειώσεως βιβλίον αον καί βον καί γον, lists only of the 91 + 12 + 15 chapters of the astronomical treatise of Theodorus Metochites: with a chapter and a quarter (pp. 467-70) only of the beginning of the 3rd book (beg. ''Έпιτετμημένον έγκώμιον τ͡ης το͡υ Πτολεμαίου μαθηματικής συντάξεως Η μεν δή πρόθεσις ήμ͡ων έστι ν͡υν').
- P. 477. 'Aριστεδου το͡υ Κοιντιλιανο͡υ περί μουσικής, in three books.
- Pp. i-ii, 601-2 are two leaves from a 15th-cent. gradual written in England.
Dates
- Creation: Written late in the 16th century by the same scribe as MS. Auct. F. 4
Extent
602 pages
Language of Materials
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Shelfmark
MS. Savile 2
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. 6549
Custodial History
Bequeathed by Dr Peter Turner, who died in January 165 0/1: probably claimed for the Savile library in 1655.
Labelled '2'
Physical Facet
On paper, with coloured capitals, etc.
Dimensions
13 3/8 × 9 5/8 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk