LJS 397 Astronomy lecture notes
Title
Astronomy lecture notesCall number
LJS 397(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9951607923503681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122418412
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5160792
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
LatinOrigin
Written in Wittenberg (f. 29v), ca. 1550 (after the publication of Copernicus' De revolutionibus in 1543).
- Date
- circa 1550
- Place
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Wittenberg
Summary
Student lecture notes for the second level of instruction in astronomy at the university at Wittenberg during Philipp Melanchthon's tenure on the theology faculty there, including discussion of spherical astronomy, atmospheric refraction, conversion of degrees into miles, and the use of astronomical tables. Some marginal notes with loss due to trimming.
Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
Extent
40 leaves : 199 x 147 mm. bound to 205 x 155 mmCollation
Paper, 40; 1-5⁸ (f. 1, 9-14, 31, 40 blank).Support
PaperBinding
Later marbled paper.Decoration
8 diagrams (f. 8r, 19v, 20v, 22v, 23v, 26r, 29r, 30r) involving circles, radii, and latitude, in black ink, black ink with red letters, or red ink; 4 small mathematical diagrams (f. 32r, 32v, 33v); rubrication in red in second part of manuscript (f. 15r-38v).
Script
Provenance
- Sold at auction at Reiss & Sohn (Königstein im Taunus), 4 Nov. 1998, lot 4.
- Sold by H. P. Kraus (New York), cat. 215 (Dec. 2000), no. 254, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
- Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Subjects topical
- Astronomy--Early works to 1800
- Astronomy--Germany--History--16th century
Genres
- Codices
- Diagrams
- Lecture notes
- Manuscripts, Latin--16th century
- Manuscripts, Renaissance
Keywords
- 16th century
- Diagrams
- Collection of Sermons
- Astronomy
- History
- Germany
- German
Licenses
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- Text
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- URL
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- Text
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