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Title

Commentary on the Ephemerides of Regiomontanus

Authors

• Mariensüss, Bartholomäus, -1504
• Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Other related names

• Alleyn, James, former owner
• Stanitz, John D, former owner

Call number

LJS 191
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9950320043503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122591906
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5032004 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1333436 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278 https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3g63j https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs191.html

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Middle English

Origin

Date

circa 1496

Place

England

Summary

Partial copy of a Middle English translation of a commentary by Bartholomäus Mariensüss on the Ephemerides of Regiomontanus, including a treatise in nine chapters addressing ephemerides, astrological signs, planets, their aspects, fixed stars (veryfied the yere of our lorde 1496, f. 8v), weather forecasting, and favorable days for various activities. Followed by three canons for favorable times for bloodletting, giving medicine, and planting (f. 15r-18v). With one table relating the signs of the zodiac and the planets (f. 3r). A note in a later hand on the flyleaf following the manuscript refers to conditions from the beginning of March or from the vernal equinox to the summer solstice. This manuscript was part of Bute MS 13 (formerly f. 124r-141v), preceded by another section (formerly f. 101r-120v), now LJS 188, University of Pennsylvania.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger (Kurtz and Voigts).
   
• The first part of Bute MS 13 (f. 1r-46v), including a copy of Chaucer's Treatise on the astrolabe, was purchased after 1988 by Shozo Asahata (Nara, Japan), current location unknown (Kurtz and Voigts).
   

Extent

18 leaves : 190 x 140 (170 x 112) mm bound to 197 x 150 mm

Foliation

Paper, ii (modern) + ii + 18 + ii + ii (modern); 1¹⁶ 2²; 1-18, contemporary foliation in ink, lower right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Modern calf, formerly stab-sewn.

Layout

Written in 24-29 long lines; ruled in drypoint.

Script

Written in a secretary script.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by James Alleyn (signature in another part of parent manuscript).
   
• Parent manuscript formerly held in the library of the Marquesses of Bute, Ms. 13.
   
• Sold at auction at Sotheby's as part of the Bute collection, 13 June 1983, lot 32 (part 7).
   
• Appears in H. P. Kraus's cat. 180 (1988), no. 133.
   
• Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 22.
   
• Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.
   
• Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
   

Subjects topical

• Astrology--Early works to 1800
• Astronomy--Early works to 1800
• Ephemerides--Early works to 1800

Genres

• codices (bound manuscripts)
• commentaries
• tables (documents)
• treatises
• Manuscripts, English (Middle)--15th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 15th century
• English
• England
• Treatise
• Tables
• Paper
• Astronomy
• Astrology

Licenses

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Decorations

• fol. 3r — Table, f. 3r