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Title

Geometria

Authors

• Sylvester II, Pope, ca. 945-1003
• Adelboldus, Bishop of Utrecht, ca. 970-1027
• Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Other related names

• Haimmiller, M, former owner
• Ebner von Eschenbach, Hieronymus Wilhelm, 1673-1752, former owner
• Stanitz, John D, former owner
• Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner
• Horblit, Harrison D, former owner
• Bohn, John, 1757-1843, former owner

Call number

LJS 194
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9948120243503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/784994973
• https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs194.html http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4812024 https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3h37b http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1333437

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Latin

Origin

Date

between 1125 and 1175

Place

Austria?

Summary

Collection of geometrical texts, including material from four chapters of the Isagoge geometriae; correspondence with Adelbaldus (also known as Adelbold or Albaldus, of Utrecht) about the area of isosceles triangles; and a treatise on the construction of astrolabes, in which the instrument is referred to by the latinized term astrolapsus. Annotated in the 12th century and also by an unknown late 15th- or early 16th-century humanist who collated the text with other manuscripts and noted the classical sources in the text.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   
• 2. f.49r-51v: [Letter from Gebert to Adelbaldus on the area of triangles, lacking beginning]
   
• 5. f.53v-56r: [Treatise on construction of astrolabe]
   
• 6. f.56r-56v: [Additions in other hands, including a repetition of text on f. 22v-23r and a passage on measurement of distance]
   
• 1. f.1r-48v: [Sections from the first four chapters of Isagoge geometriae]
   
• 3. f.51v-52v: [Response from Adelbaldus to Gebert]
   
• 4. f.52v-53v: [Geometrical treatise]
   

Extent

56 leaves : 155 x 106 (121 x 78) mm bound to 163 x 113 mm

Foliation

Parchment, i (18th-century paper) + 56 leaves + i (18th-century paper); 1-7⁸; one gathering lacking after gathering 6 and perhaps some material at end also lacking; modern foliation in pencil, [1-56], upper right recto.

Support

Parchment

Binding

18th-century blind-stamped calf; rebacked with spine laid on; GEOMETRIA written on head edge. Some loss to marginal notes and diagrams due to trimming.

Layout

Written in 24-25 long lines; ruled in drypoint.

Decoration

Geometric diagrams throughout, including one that is an attempt to represent a cube in three dimensions (f. 4v; Charles Burnett); 4 large (3-line to 10-line) white-vine initials in red ink (f. 1r, 2r, 5r, 8r), 1 zoomorphic 5-line initial formed from a winged dragon (f. 7r), and 1 5-line initial drawn in brown ink (f. 22v); 1-, 3-, and 4-line painted initials in red throughout; some capitals touched in red; rubrics in red; a few manicules early in the manuscript (f. 2r-5v).

Script

Written in transitional script (or protogothic script) by two hands.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by John Bohn and then Sir Thomas Phillipps (Ms. 4437, label on spine).
   
• Formerly owned by Hieronymus Wilhelm Ebner von Eschenbach, sold at auction in Nuremberg as part of his library, 2 Aug. 1813, lot 311.
   
• Formerly owned by Harrison D. Horblit (Ridgefield, Conn.).
   
• Appeared in H. P. Kraus' cat. 155 (1979), no. 18; also handled by book and manuscript dealer Bruce Ferrini (Akron, Ohio); also appeared in Sam Fogg Ltd. cat. 14 (1991), no. 1.
   
• Formerly owned by M. Haimmiller (inscription, f. 1r).
   
• Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.
   
• Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
   
• Probably sold by Robinson Brothers (London), 1945.
   
• Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 25.
   

Subjects topical

• Geometry--Early works to 1800
• Astrolabes--Early works to 1800

Genres

• codices (bound manuscripts)
• annotations
• diagrams
• Manuscripts, Medieval
• Manuscripts, Latin--12th century
• treatises

Keywords

• 12th century
• Diagrams
• Austria
• Austrian
• Astronomy

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Sections from the first four chapters of Isagoge geometriae, f. 1r
• fol. 49r — Letter from Gebert to Adelbaldus on the area of triangles, lacking beginning, f. 49r
• fol. 51v — Response from Adelbaldus to Gebert, f. 51v
• fol. 52v — Geometrical treatise, f. 52v
• fol. 53v — Treatise on construction of astrolabe, f. 53v
• fol. 56r — Additions in other hands, f. 56r

Decorations

• fol. 1r — Owner signature, f. 1r
• fol. 1v — Decorated initial, Initial I, f. 1v
• fol. 2r — Manicule, f. 2r
• fol. 2v — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 2v
• fol. 2v — Manicule, f. 2v
• fol. 3v — Manicule, f. 3v
• fol. 4v — Diagram, f. 4v
• fol. 5r — Decorated initial, Initial M, f. 5r
• fol. 5r — Diagram, f. 5r
• fol. 7v — Zoomorphic initial, Initial S, Dragon, f. 7v
• fol. 8r — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 8r
• fol. 9v — Diagram, f. 9v
• fol. 10r — Diagram, f. 10r
• fol. 10v — Diagram, f. 10v
• fol. 11r — Diagram, f. 11r
• fol. 12r — Diagram, f. 12r
• fol. 12v — Diagram, f. 12v
• fol. 13v — Diagram, f. 13v
• fol. 14v — Diagram, f. 14v
• fol. 15r — Diagram, f. 15r
• fol. 15v — Drawing, f. 15v
• fol. 22r — Diagram, f. 22r
• fol. 22v — Decorated initial, Initial G, f. 22v
• fol. 22v — Diagram, f. 22v
• fol. 24r — Diagram, f. 24r
• fol. 24v — Diagram, f. 24v
• fol. 25r — Diagram, f. 25r
• fol. 25v — Diagram, f. 25v
• fol. 26v — Diagram, f. 26v
• fol. 27r — Diagram, f. 27r
• fol. 27v — Diagram, f. 27v
• fol. 28r — Diagram, f. 28r
• fol. 28v — Diagram, f. 28v
• fol. 29r — Diagram, f. 29r
• fol. 29v — Diagram, f. 29v
• fol. 30r — Diagram, f. 30r
• fol. 31r — Diagram, f. 31r
• fol. 31v — Diagram, f. 31v
• fol. 32r — Diagram, f. 32r
• fol. 32v — Diagram, f. 32v
• fol. 33r — Diagram, f. 33r
• fol. 33v — Diagram, f. 33v
• fol. 34v — Diagram, f. 34v
• fol. 35r — Diagram, f. 35r
• fol. 35v — Diagram, f. 35v
• fol. 36r — Diagram, f. 36r
• fol. 36v — Diagram, f. 36v
• fol. 37r — Diagram, f. 37r
• fol. 37v — Diagram, f. 37v
• fol. 38r — Diagram, f. 38r
• fol. 38v — Diagram, f. 38v
• fol. 39r — Diagram, f. 39r
• fol. 39v — Diagram, f. 39v
• fol. 40r — Diagram, f. 40r
• fol. 40v — Diagram, f. 40v
• fol. 41r — Diagram, f. 41r
• fol. 41v — Diagram, f. 41v
• fol. 42r — Diagram, f. 42r
• fol. 42v — Diagram, f. 42v
• fol. 43r — Diagram, f. 43r
• fol. 43v — Diagram, f. 43v
• fol. 44r — Diagram, f. 44r
• fol. 44v — Diagram, f. 44v
• fol. 45v — Diagram, f. 45v
• fol. 46r — Diagram, f. 46r
• fol. 49v — Diagram, f. 49v
• fol. 50r — Diagram, f. 50r
• fol. 50v — Diagram, f. 50v
• fol. 51v — Diagram, f. 51v
• fol. 52v — Diagram, f. 52v
• fol. 55r — Diagram, f. 55r
• fol. 56r — Diagram, f. 56r