Ms. Codex 985 Astronomie ... etc.
Title
Astronomie ... etc.Authors
- Merles, Bathasard François de
Call number
Ms. Codex 985(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 3664868
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3664868
Publisher
The University of Pennsylvania LibrariesLanguage
FrenchOrigin
Written in France in the second half of the 17th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
- Date
- between 1650 and 1699?
- Place
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France
Summary
An essay on astronomy, consisting of seven sections titled Des cercles du premier mobile ou seconds cercles, Des divers point[s] du ciel, Des cieux et du nombre d'iceux, Du mouvement des cieux, De la figure du monde, De la solidité des cieux, and Des divers systèmes du monde. The final section briefly compares the models of the solar system proposed by the Pythagoreans, Ptolemy, Brahe, and Copernicus, with diagrams. A shorter essay on mathematics, which also refers to astronomy, precedes the main essay.
Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from caption title of predominant work used as title for volume; attribution to de Merles (Marquis de Beauchamp) from Zacour-Hirsch.
Extent
10 leaves : 281 x 187 mm. bound to 291 x 203 mmCollation
Paper, i (modern paper) + 10 + i (modern paper); [1-10]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.Support
PaperBinding
Modern cloth (University of Pennsylvania, early 1960s).Decoration
Four diagrams of models of the solar system and one of parallax (f. 10v).
Script
Subjects topical
- Astronomy--Charts, diagrams, etc.--Early works to 1800
- Astronomy--Early works to 1800
Genres
- Codices
- Manuscripts, French--17th century
- Manuscripts, European
Licenses
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Images
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Section: Des mathematiques, f. 1r
fol. 4r0945_0010.tif (50.0 MB)
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Section: Astronomie, f. 4r
fol. 10v0945_0023.tif (50.0 MB)
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0945_0023_web.jpg (303.8 KB)
Decoration: Diagram, f. 10v
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Nonemscodex985_ref1.tif (111.8 MB)
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