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Title

Tabule illustrissimi principis regis alfonsii ... etc.

Authors

• John, of Saxony, fl. 1327-1355
• Māshāʼallāh, 730?-815?
• Lignières, Jean de
• Selder, Henricus

Other related names

• Stanitz, John D, former owner

Call number

Oversize LJS 174
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9950293063503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122691510
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5029306

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Latin

Origin

Date

1401-1404

Place

Prague

Summary

A full set of Alphonsine Tables (including tables for mean motions, conjunctions of sun and moon, equation of time, spherical astronomy, longitudes and latitudes of cities, star tables, eclipse tables). The manuscript also includes works about the Alphonsine Tables, such as canons to the Alphonsine Tables by the 14th-century astronomers John of Saxony, Jean de Lignières (also known as Johannes de Lineriis) and Henricus Selder, and an unattributed explanation of corrections made to the tables for use in Prague, accompanied by a few paragraphs on weather prediction by the Baghdad-born Jewish astronomer and astrologer Māshāʼallāh, who died in the 9th century. 2 small pieces of paper containing contemporary fragments of similar text and tables laid in. 4 leaves cut out (2 after f. 12, 2 at end of manuscript); much of 1 leaf torn off (f. 84).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title for manuscript taken from rubric for predominant work (f. 1r).
   

Extent

142 leaves : 295 x 225 mm. bound to 295 x 236 mm. +

Foliation

Paper, i + 142 + i; 1¹² 2¹⁶(-2) 3-4¹² 5¹⁸ 6-8¹² 9¹⁰ 10¹⁶ 11¹² 12¹²(-2); 1-4, [5-8], 9-12, [13-142], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary limp vellum; lower cover originally wrapped around upper cover with remnants of string ties; leather spine with leather button at head; spine label with title Astronomica manuscripta written in ink; former shelf marks on labels, 32, 251, 355.

Layout

Text pages written in both 2 columns of 45-57 lines and 36-52 long lines; tables in various arrangements of columns and rows. Pricking visible on up to 3 sides on many leaves in the first half of the manuscript (f. 1-68).

Decoration

Tables in red and brown ink; red initials (1 topped with a drawing of a crown in red ink, f. 69r), rubrics, paragraph marks, and initials touched with red in text pages; occasional manicules (f. 26r, 110v, 124r).

Script

Written in Gothic cursive script by multiple hands.

Provenance

• Formerly in the library of the Counts of Ortenburg at Tambach Castle, Ms. E. 355 (spine label).
   
• Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 25 June 1985, lot 72.
   
• Appears in an H. P. Kraus catalog, 1987.
   
• Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 5.
   
• Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.
   
• Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
   

Subjects topical

• Astronomy--Early works to 1800
• Astronomy, Medieval

Genres

• Codices
• Tables (documents)
• Manuscripts, Latin--15th century
• Manuscripts, Medieval
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 15th century
• Tables
• Paper
• Astronomy
• Czech Republic
• Czech

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Tabule illustrissimi principis regis alfonsii pie memorie, f. 1r
• fol. 25v — Canon, f. 25v
• fol. 27r — Alphonsine Tables, f. 27r
• fol. 69r — Canons for the Alphonsine Tables, f. 69r
• fol. 77r — Canon?, f. 77r
• fol. 81r — Canon on primum mobile, f. 81r
• fol. 104r — Computus, f. 104r
• fol. 105r — Presagia pluviarum, f. 105r
• fol. 105v — Canones tabularum Alphonsinarum, f. 105v
• fol. 121r — Devotica duodecim domorum per quam scitur que sunt, f. 121r
• fol. 133r — Canons for the Alphonsine Tables, f. 133r

Decorations

• fol. 1r — Table, f. 1r
• fol. 1v — Table, f. 1v
• fol. 2r — Table, f. 2r
• fol. 2v — Table, f. 2v
• fol. 3r — Table, f. 3r
• fol. 3v — Table, f. 3v
• fol. 4r — Table, f. 4r
• fol. 4v — Table, f. 4v
• fol. 5r — Table, f. 5r
• fol. 5v — Table, f. 5v
• fol. 6r — Table, f. 6r
• fol. 6v — Table, f. 6v
• fol. 7r — Table, f. 7r
• fol. 7v — Table, f. 7v
• fol. 8r — Table, f. 8r
• fol. 8v — Table, f. 8v
• fol. 9r — Table, f. 9r
• fol. 9v — Table, f. 9v
• fol. 10r — Table, f. 10r
• fol. 10v — Table, f. 10v
• fol. 11r — Table, f. 11r
• fol. 11v — Table, f. 11v
• fol. 12r — Table, f. 12r
• fol. 12v — Table, f. 12v
• fol. 13r — Table, f. 13r
• fol. 13v — Table, f. 13v
• fol. 14r — Table, f. 14r
• fol. 14v — Table, f. 14v
• fol. 15r — Table, f. 15r
• fol. 15v — Table, f. 15v
• fol. 16r — Table, f. 16r
• fol. 16v — Table, f. 16v
• fol. 17r — Table, f. 17r
• fol. 17v — Table, f. 17v
• fol. 18r — Table, f. 18r
• fol. 18v — Table, f. 18v
• fol. 19r — Table, f. 19r
• fol. 19v — Table, f. 19v
• fol. 20r — Table, f. 20r
• fol. 20v — Table, f. 20v
• fol. 21r — Table, f. 21r
• fol. 21v — Table, f. 21v
• fol. 22r — Table, f. 22r
• fol. 22v — Table, f. 22v
• fol. 23r — Table, f. 23r
• fol. 23v — Table, f. 23v
• fol. 24r — Table, f. 24r
• fol. 24v — Table, f. 24v
• fol. 25r — Table, f. 25r
• fol. 25v — Table, f. 25v
• fol. 26r — Manicule, f. 26r
• fol. 27r — Table, f. 27r
• fol. 27v — Table, f. 27v
• fol. 28r — Table, f. 28r
• fol. 28v — Table, f. 28v
• fol. 29r — Table, f. 29r
• fol. 29v — Table, f. 29v
• fol. 30r — Table, f. 30r
• fol. 30v — Table, f. 30v
• fol. 31r — Table, f. 31r
• fol. 31v — Table, f. 31v
• fol. 32r — Table, f. 32r
• fol. 32v — Table, f. 32v
• fol. 33r — Table, f. 33r
• fol. 33v — Table, f. 33v
• fol. 34r — Table, f. 34r
• fol. 34v — Table, f. 34v
• fol. 35r — Table, f. 35r
• fol. 35v — Table, f. 35v
• fol. 36r — Table, f. 36r
• fol. 36v — Table, f. 36v
• fol. 37r — Table, f. 37r
• fol. 37v — Table, f. 37v
• fol. 38r — Table, f. 38r
• fol. 38v — Table, f. 38v
• fol. 39r — Table, f. 39r
• fol. 39v — Table, f. 39v
• fol. 40r — Table, f. 40r
• fol. 40v — Table, f. 40v
• fol. 41r — Table, f. 41r
• fol. 41v — Table, f. 41v
• fol. 42r — Table, f. 42r
• fol. 42v — Table, f. 42v
• fol. 43r — Table, f. 43r
• fol. 43v — Table, f. 43v
• fol. 44r — Table, f. 44r
• fol. 44v — Table, f. 44v
• fol. 45r — Table, f. 45r
• fol. 45v — Table, f. 45v
• fol. 46r — Table, f. 46r
• fol. 46v — Table, f. 46v
• fol. 47r — Table, f. 47r
• fol. 47v — Table, f. 47v
• fol. 48r — Table, f. 48r
• fol. 48v — Table, f. 48v
• fol. 49r — Table, f. 49r
• fol. 49v — Table, f. 49v
• fol. 50r — Table, f. 50r
• fol. 50v — Table, f. 50v
• fol. 51r — Table, f. 51r
• fol. 52v — Table, f. 52v
• fol. 53r — Table, f. 53r
• fol. 53v — Table, f. 53v
• fol. 54r — Table, f. 54r
• fol. 55r — Table, f. 55r
• fol. 55v — Table, f. 55v
• fol. 56r — Table, f. 56r
• fol. 56v — Table, f. 56v
• fol. 57r — Table, f. 57r
• fol. 57v — Table, f. 57v
• fol. 58r — Table, f. 58r
• fol. 58v — Table, f. 58v
• fol. 59r — Table, f. 59r
• fol. 59v — Table, f. 59v
• fol. 60r — Table, f. 60r
• fol. 60v — Table, f. 60v
• fol. 61r — Table, f. 61r
• fol. 61v — Table, f. 61v
• fol. 62r — Table, f. 62r
• fol. 62v — Table, f. 62v
• fol. 63r — Table, f. 63r
• fol. 64r — Table, f. 64r
• fol. 64v — Table, f. 64v
• fol. 65r — Table, f. 65r
• fol. 65v — Table, f. 65v
• fol. 66r — Table, f. 66r
• fol. 66v — Table, f. 66v
• fol. 67r — Table, f. 67r
• fol. 67v — Table, f. 67v
• fol. 68r — Table, f. 68r
• fol. 68v — Table, f. 68v
• fol. 69r — Decorated initial, Initial T, Crown, f. 69r
• fol. 76v — Table, f. 76v
• fol. 79r — Table, f. 79r
• fol. 79v — Table, f. 79v
• fol. 80r — Table, f. 80r
• fol. 81r — Decorated initial, Initial C, f. 81r
• fol. 104r — Decorated initial, Initial C, Face, f. 104r
• fol. 104v — Table, f. 104v
• fol. 110v — Manicule, f. 110v
• fol. 111v — Table, f. 111v
• fol. 113v — Table, f. 113v
• fol. 114r — Table, f. 114r
• fol. 117v — Table, f. 117v
• fol. 118v — Table, f. 118v
• fol. 119r — Table, f. 119r
• fol. 119v — Table, f. 119v
• fol. 120r — Table, f. 120r
• fol. 120v — Table, f. 120v
• fol. 123r — Diagram, f. 123r
• fol. 123v — Manicule, f. 123v
• fol. 124r — Table, f. 124r
• fol. 124v — Table, f. 124v
• fol. 125r — Table, f. 125r
• fol. 131r — Diagram, f. 131r
• fol. 131v — Diagram, f. 131v