LJS 487 Treatises on astronomical instruments
Title
Treatises on astronomical instrumentsCall number
LJS 487(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9956428933503681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/401296112
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/9956428933503681
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
LatinOrigin
Written in eastern France in the 16th century, perhaps Franche-Comté or Lyonnais in the first half of the 16th century (based on script and watermarks).
- Date
- 15--
- Place
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France
Summary
Anonymous treatise on constructing and using a horologium diei et noctis (combined sun dial and nocturnal), perhaps missing its first leaf, with 4 small tables (f. 4v, 6r, 6v, 8r). The uses include telling time of day and night, determining the times of sunrise and sunset and the precession of equinoxes and solstices, and measuring the height of stars. The first pages of an incomplete treatise on constructing a instrument for measuring angles called a baculus Jacob (called cross-staff or Jacob's staff in English, arbalestrille in French) follow.
Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
Watermark
Similar to Briquet, Lettres soudées 9755 (Luxueil, 1518-1519; Dole, 1522-1530; Luxueil, 1531; Hamburg, 1533).Extent
12 leaves : 184 x 136 (155-159 x 98) mm. bound to 190 x 145 mmFoliation
Paper, ii (modern) + 12 + ii (modern); 1¹²; 1-12, later foliation in ink, upper right recto.Support
PaperBinding
Modern quarter calf with marbled boards and endleaves; modern calligraphic Gothic inscription, Cy est manuscript de Astronomie, on flyleaf.Layout
Script
Provenance
- Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Subjects topical
- Astronomy--Early works to 1800
- Astronomical instruments--Early works to 1800
- Sundials--Early works to 1800
- Time measurements--Early works to 1800
Genres
- Codices
- Treatises
- Tables (documents)
- Manuscripts, Latin--16th century
- Manuscripts, Renaissance
Keywords
- 16th century
- France
- Document
- Tables
- Treatise
- Astronomy
- Paper
- French
Licenses
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- Text
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Images
Inside front cover0036_0001.tif (23.9 MB)
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Decoration: Decorated initial, f. 1r
fol. 4v0036_0015.tif (23.9 MB)
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Decoration: Table, f. 4v
fol. 6r0036_0018.tif (23.9 MB)
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Decoration: Table, f. 6r
fol. 6v0036_0019.tif (23.9 MB)
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Decoration: Table, f. 6v
fol. 8r0036_0022.tif (23.9 MB)
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Decoration: Table, f. 8r
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