Ptolemy etc.: Astronomical, mathematical and musical treatises

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MS. Auct. F. 1. 2

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Ptolemy etc.: Astronomical, mathematical and musical treatises. Copied, about 1600, from MS. Savile 2.

Dates

About 1600

Extent

373 Leaves

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Auct. F. 1. 2, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Auct. F. 1. 2

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 18071

Additional Description

Overview

Ptolemy etc.: Astronomical, mathematical and musical treatises

Biographical / Historical

Biographical details unknown.

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. 2946

For a full description in Latin see, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae pars prima recensionem codicum Graecorum continens (Oxford, 1853, reprinted with corrections by H. O. Coxe, Oxford, 1969), Misc. no. 85

Custodial History

Manuscript 606 acquired by the Bodleian Library

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented by sir Henry Savile in 1609.

Physical Facet

Binding, brown leather, with stamped ornament: in the middle of each side an ornament including a tree with dependent label bearing noli altvm sapere, London work of about 1609