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Introductiones ad astrologiam : tractatus de coloribus.

Title: Introductiones ad astrologiam : tractatus de coloribus.
Publication: Germany, 15th-16th century.

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Description

ff. 306 : paper, ill.; 300 x 200 mm

Summary

Manuscript on paper. Ca. 555 colored pen-and-ink drawings. With contributions by Leopold, Duke of Austria, Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra, Henri Baten, Julius Firmicus Maternus, Joannes Regiomontanus and Georg von Peurbach. "Mostly copied from printed editions"--Kristeller.

Uniform Title

De coloribus notabilia pulchra.

Alternative Title

Tractatus de coloribus

Subjects

Genre/Form

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscripts – Germany – 15th century.
Illuminated manuscripts – Germany – 15th century.
Drawings – Germany – 15th century.
Manuscripts – Germany – 16th century.
Illuminated manuscripts – Germany – 16th century.
Drawings – Germany – 16th century.

Note

Title from Spencer Collection Dictionary catalog and shelf list.
There are 306 folios, but foliation goes only to 305, given duplication in numbering of f. 1 and f. 1a.
Layout: Written in 51-4 long lines, ruled with a stylus for two columns.
Decoration: Numerous colored pen and ink drawings of constellations and other subjects. Many charts, some using color. Red initials and placemarkers.
Scribe: Hieronymus Pauli of Limburg.
Script: Gothic cursive.

Indexed In (note)

Ricci, S de. Medieval and Renaissance mss. Suppl.
Kristeller, P.O. Iter italicum
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts
New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list

Language (note)

In Latin and German.

Binding (note)

Dark brown blind-tooled calf over wooden boards; clasps (one missing).

Source of Description (note)

Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0.

Contents

De coloribus notabilia pulchra -- Compilatio Leupoldi ducatus Austrie filii De astrorum scientia -- De nativitatibus / Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra -- Magistralis compositio astrolabii / Henri Baten -- Matheseos libri VIII / Julius Firmicus Maternus -- De mutatione aeris / Leupoldus Austrie -- Prognostica in tacuinos ex prolixis in compendium redacta -- Disputationes contra Cremonensia deliramenta / Joannes Regiomontanus -- Theoricae novae planetarum /rGeorg von Peurbach.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Ms. 51

OCLC

870009776

Title

Introductiones ad astrologiam : tractatus de coloribus.

De coloribus notabilia pulchra.

Imprint

Germany, 15th-16th century.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Ricci, S de. Medieval and Renaissance mss. Suppl., p. 333, no. 51.

Kristeller, P.O. Iter italicum, V, p. 328

Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts, SCHOENBERG_106283

New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list, II, p. 904

Language

In Latin and German.

Binding

Dark brown blind-tooled calf over wooden boards; clasps (one missing).

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Added Author

Leopold, Duke of Austria, 13th century. De mutatione aeris.

Leopold, Duke of Austria, 13th century. Compilatio de scientia astrorum.

Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164. De nativitatibus.

Baten, Henri, 1246-1310. Magistralis compositio astrolabii.

Firmicus Maternus, Julius. Mathesis.

Regiomontanus, Joannes, 1436-1476. Disputationes contra Cremonensia deliramenta.

Peurbach, Georg von, 1423-1461. Theoricae novae planetarum

Hieronymus Pauli of Limburg, 16th century, scribe.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Ms. 51

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