Collection of tracts on astronomy: with others on urines, pulses, tithes, etc., in Latin (Miscellanea VIII)

Collection of tracts on astronomy: with others on urines, pulses, tithes, etc., in Latin..

1. ff. 1r-22r Hermann Zoest, Phaselexis

f. 1r Incipit prefatio in phaselexim. Gaude et letare sacrosancta Basiliensis synode preclarissima ... f. 2v Incipit phaselexis Cuius capitulum Primum erit de origine festi pasce. Bene cuncta regens ... f. 22r ... sic ducas criste ne penas sentiat iste. Explicit phaselexis seu tractatus de correctione Kalendarii editus a venerabili et religioso viro domino hermanno zoest de monasteric ordinis cistersiensis 2a feria post festum sancti egidii confessore anno domini. 1479.

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2. ff. 25r-34v John of Sacrobosco, Tractatus de sphaera, beginning wanting

f. 25r ... versus orientem Et quod cicius [sic] oriuntur et occidunt quibusdam causa est tumor terre ... f. 34v ... aut mundi machina dissoluerit. Opusculum spericum Johannis de sacro busco explicitus est.

3. ff. 35r-57r George von Peuerbach, Theoricae novae planetarum

f. 35r Theorice nove planetarum Georgii pubrachii Astronomi celebratissimi. De sole. [S]ol habet tres orbes ... f. 57r ...et declinactiones earum sunt invariabiles. Theorica ultima octave spere.

4. ff. 57v-72v Regiomontanus, Contra Cremonensia

f. 57v Disputationum Joannis de monte regio contra Cremonensia in planetarum theoriccis [sic] deliramenta praffacio [sic]. Uniuersis bonarum arcium studiosis ... f. 72v ... Salvus igitur sis amicorum dulcissime C. Et tu recte valeto. etc. [Table of Zodiacal signs]. Scriptum est hoc opusculum laboribus et diligencia michahel suter de wurtzen anno salutifere incarnacionis 1.4.8.7.

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5. ff. 73v-74r Thomas Murner, Ludus studentium Friburgensium, excerpts

f. 73v The wheel with volvelle. f. 74r The Chess-board: below in red: 'Thomas murner theologic doctor memoravit'.

6. f. 75r-v Canon rote

f. 75r Canon rote. Habes in primis ... f. 75v Et hec de rota maiori suffinatur.

7. f. 75v-76r Canon scaci

f. 75v Canon scaci. Instari ... f. 76r ... angustus.

8. ff. 76v-81r Tabulae sillabarum

f. 76v Primarum sibillarum a productis ...

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9. ff. 84r-85v Tabula morae infantis in utero

f. 84r Tabula hec more infantis est in utero matris per quam scire poterit et tempus conceptionis et tempus natiuitatis ... f. 85v ... pro tempore nativitatis verificatio habebis certam.

10. ff. 86r-87r Tables in red and black

11. ff. 87v-97v Anonymous, Compositio instrumenti et de utilitate ejus

f. 87v Pro composicione instrumenti per quod faciliter horam noctis ... f. 97v ... In tott [sic] gradibus illius signi soll [ sic] existit etc. tantum de vtilitatibus huius instrument.

Recorded in Thorndike's Catalogue of Incipits, col. 527.

12. ff. 97v-103v Anonymous, De sphaera materiale

f. 97v Omnia inter scibilia cognoscenda hiis summopere invigilandum est ... f. 98v ... sicut subiectum attribucionis cum causa materiali etc. Cupientes speram materialem compendiose facere ... f. 103v ... et in hoc complebitur totum corpus spericum etc. sit laus honor gloria potestas ymnus benedictio imperium claritas omnipotenti per infinita secula seculorum amen.

13. f. 104r Figure in red and black, below text in German 'Pro baculo Jacob'.

14. ff. 104v-109r Anonymous, De usu quadrantis

f. 104v De usu quadrantis. Capitulum primum. Si vis scire altitudinem solis alicuius quolibet tempore anni Verte centrum quadrantis ad solem ... f. 109r ... profunditas eiusdem rei respectu extremorum exemplum patet in figura iam sequenti.

Recorded in Thorndike's Catalogue of Incipits, col. 677

15. ff. 109v-110r Anonymous, Compositio sphaerae materialis

f. 109v Composicio spere materialis. Item in componendo speram materialem talis ponatur processus ... f. 110r ... quasi ab aenea conditum etc.

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16. ff. 114r-129v Andreas de Escobar, Regula decimarum

f. 114r Tractatus qui vocatur regula decimarum presbiteris omnium ecclesiarum Christi fidelium beneficiatis incipit. Compilatus in insula maris torssice per in theologia magistrum andream hyspanum ordinis sancti benedicti pauperem episcopum aracensem olim cimitatensem predicandum populis diebus festiuis. Decimatum solucionum et primiciarum et oblacionum quibus in temporalibus ... f. 129v Ad tempus ergo finitur liquendi tractatus pariter auditus [Last leaf cut out].

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17. ff. 132r-151v Anonymous, De coloribus urinarum

f. 132r Tractatus de urinis. Nota de coloribus simplicibus urinarum. Nota secundum operacionem nature sunt calores [sic] urine ... f. 151v ... aut quia est nimis magnus aut nimus parvus etc.

18. ff. 151v-154r Anonymous, Tractatus de judicio pulsus

f. 151v Tractatus de iudicio pulsus. Pulsus est motus receptaculorum spiritus ex dyastole et sistole ... f. 154r ... Et sunt multe species pulsuum quas debet scire qui vult bene iudicare ut superius narratum est, Et sic est finis etc. Et sic est finis.

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19. 156r-166r Johannes Reysner, Epistola in laudem Pii II, Pontificis

f. 156r Maximum et amplissimum munus beatissime. Summe pontifex ... f. 166r ... cum tue clamencie placuerit lacius [sic] exponemus etc. Johannes Reysner.

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Written by several late 15th and 16th century German hands:

Hand A (ff. 1-72) A rounded gothic, 36 lines to a page: initials, headings and paragraph marks in red. In some cases the coloured initial has not been entered.

Hand B (ff. 73-88) Early 16th century current hand, 24 lines to a page: headings in red.

Hand C (ff. 88v-109) Upright angular gothic script, 26 lines to a page: initials in red.

Hand D (ff. 109v-100) Rounded gothic current hand, 38 lines to a page.

Hand E, F. (ff. 114-154, 156-166). Perhaps by the same scribe, a rounded gothic semi-current script, the first 25, the second 30-34 lines to a page. Initials, headings and paragraph marks in red.

Illustrated with numerous astronomical diagrams and figures, pen-drawn, some inted in water-colour:

On fol. 73v is a circular diagram of a 'Wheel', with volvelle in red and black.

On fol.74 a ches-board in black and white with 15 x 14 squares, apparently for use in conjunction with the'wheel.

A modern foliation in pencil has been added.

From the Library of Prince Baldassare Boncompagni (1821-1894). The Boncompagni manuscripts were catalogued by Enrico Narducci (Catalogo di manoscritti ora posseduti da D. Baldassarre Boncompagni), whose catalogue was published in two editions, 1862 and 1896, which differed in both content and numbering scheme. Accepted practice is therefore to cite both numbers, giving the 1896 number first followed by the earlier number in parentheses. This item is therefore known as Boncompagni 130 (368).