[Astronomical tables]

Format
Book
Language
Latin
Published/​Created
[France?], 1394.
Description
22, 20 leaves : parchment ; 272 x 195 (160-190 x 122-134) mm bound to 280 x 205 mm.

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Medium/​Support
parchment rdamat
Summary note
Collection of astronomical tables.
Notes
  • Incipit: [Tabule Alfonsii] "Incipiunt Tabule Alfonsii olim Regis Castelle illustris. Et primo tabula differenciarum unius regni ad aliud, et nomina regum atque cuiuslibet ere cognite, et sunt radices dierum cuiuslibet ere nominate in sequentibus tabulis posite." -- [Tabulae Sinium] "Incipiunt tabulae Sinium et cordarum ac arcuum atque tabule ascensionum signorum cum aliis pluribus necnon tabule eclipsium solis et lune quas ordinauit magister Johannes de lyneriis pycardus. Anno Christi 1320." -- [Tabula equacionum temporis] "Tabula equacionum temporis vere coniuncionis et opposicionis solis et lune. Et est composita per Nicholaum dictum de heybech de Erfordia."
  • Explicit: [Tabule Alfonsii] "... Explicit hic christe, tibi laus alfoncius iste. Hic est finis tabularum Regis alfonsii. Et sunt scripte per nycholaum de Erfordia anno domini 1394." -- [Tabulae Sinium] "Hic est finis tabularum magistri Johannis de lyneriis." -- [Tabula equacionum temporis] "... et cum illo debet quaeri ascendens et reliqua quae pertinent ad figuram."
  • Ms. composite codex.
  • Collation: Parchment ; fol. vii (modern) + 22 + 20 + vii (modern) ; fol. 1-22 (first group) also labeled 9-30 in ink; fol. 1-20 (second group) also labeled 31-50 in ink ; modern foliation in pencil.
  • Layout: 22-36 lines per page in two or three columns ; ruled.
  • Description: Running titles and rubrics in red, blue, and light brown.
  • Decoration: Initials beginning principal texts are rendered in gold and blue, with blue and red penwork; others in blue with red penwork. Paraph marks and decorative line-fillers in blue and gold ink.
  • Origin: Written by Nicolaus de Heybech of Erfurt in 1394.
Binding note
Modern binding in dark red morocco over pasteboard. United States, 20th century. Dark green morocco doublures. 7 flyleaves on either end consist of green silk flyleaf followed by marbled paper flyleaf, 2 sheets of paper, then 2 sheets of parchment. Blind-tooling on cover and doublures. Gold stamped on the front turn-in: "Bound for Grenville Kane by the New York Public Library, 1929." Multi-colored endbands.
Language note
Latin;
Script
Textualis libraria
Contents
  • 1. fol. 1r-22v (first group) [9r-30v]: Tabule Alfonsii. Parisian version of the astronomical or planetary tables originally produced in Toledo under the patronage of Alfonso X.
  • 2. fol. 1r-16v (second group) [31r-46v]: Tabulae Sinium / Johannes de Lyneriis.
  • 3. fol. 17r-19r (second group) [47r-49r]: [Miscellaneous astronomical tables]
  • 4. fol. 19v-20v (second group) [49v-50v]: Tabula equacionum temporis vere coniuncionis et opposicionis solis et lune / Nicholaum de Heybech de Erfordia.
Provenance
Early and intermediate provenance is unknown. Before Grenville Kane acquired the manuscript in 1928, it had been broken into three sections and sold separately. Wilfrid M. Voynich acquired fols. 9-30; Lathrop C. Harper acquired fols. 31-50, which were later offered by Jacques Rosenthal, Munich. The Kane Collection was acquired by the Princeton University Library from Kane's heirs in February 1946.
Source acquisition
Acquired; Estate of Grenville Kane, 1946.
References
Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 2, pages 116-117.
Other title(s)
  • Tabule Alfonsii Regis
  • Alphonsine Tables.
OCLC
1104805542
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