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Microfilm of John of Gmunden, Tractatus de composicione et usu cuiusdam instumenti quod Albion nuncupatur (1444; fols. 1R-53V), and other astronomical work; Mathematical and astronomical (early 15th century) treatises

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Negative microfilm of John of Gmunden, Tractatus de composicione et usu cuiusdam instumenti quod Albion nuncupatur (1444; fols. 1R-53V), and other astronomical work; and Mathematical and astronomical (early 15th century) treatises. Mathematical and astronomical treatises include a) (fols. 1R-15V) Profatius Judaeus, Quadrans novus, tr. Ermengaud Blasius; b) (fols. 94R-160V) Leopold of Austria, Compilato de astrorum scientia; and c) (fol. 277R) Haly Abenragel (‘Alî ibn abi ‘r-Rijâl), De iudiciis astrorum, tr. Aegidius de Tebaldis and Petrus de Regio. Contents of the microfilm were made in Germany in the 15th century.

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Extent

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Language of Materials

  • Latin

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Film 1546].

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Shelfmark:

MS. Film 1546

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 23385

Abstract

Microfilm of John of Gmunden, Tractatus de composicione et usu cuiusdam instumenti quod Albion nuncupatur (1444; fols. 1R-53V), and other astronomical work; Mathematical and astronomical (early 15th century) treatises

Biographical / Historical

No biographical history recorded at time of cataloguing.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

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Existence and Location of Originals

Originals located in Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 1369 and Pal. lat. 1340.

Bibliography

For a full description see F. Saxl, Verzeichnis astrologischer und mythologischer illustrierter Handschriften des lateinisschen Mittelalters in römischen Bibliotheken (Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, philosophisch-historische Klasse6: Heidelberg, 1915), 15-20.
Title
Microfilm of John of Gmunden, Tractatus de composicione et usu cuiusdam instumenti quod Albion nuncupatur (1444; fols. 1R-53V), and other astronomical work; Mathematical and astronomical (early 15th century) treatises
Status
Published
Author
EAD version 2023 by Miranda Scarlata
Date
EAD version 2023
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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