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Miscellany: Astronomy
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Miscellany: Astronomy
About the "houses" (mansiones) of the moon
About the position of Saturnus
Pyromantia
About the zodiacal signs.
About the winds; diagram and text
About weather
Table of the planets and their influence on earth
About forecasting the weather
Astrological directions
About the planets
Left cover, outside
Miscellany: Astronomy
(Text, Manuscript, Collection)
Language
German
Origin
Bavaria
, 15th century, late - 16th century, early
Physical description
ff. i + 40 + i; 305
(height/length)
x 215
(width)
mm
Format:
Non digital + Digital, reformatted digital
Script:
Cursive script from early 16th century. Six hands: Hand I: ff. 1r-10r, 36r-40v; Hand II: ff. 10v-11r; Hand III: ff. 11v-12r; Hand IV: ff. 13r-22v; Hand V: ff. 23r-26r; Hand VI: ff. 27r-35v.
Collation:
4 quires: I: 5 (ff. 2-11; f. 1 is a single leaf), II: 12 (ff. 12-23), III: 6 (ff. 24-29), IV: 10 (ff. 30-39; f. 40 is a single leaf). Collation is uncertain since the manuscript has been rebound.
Foliation:
Foliated in pencil by modern cataloguer in lower right margin (ff. 1-40); contemporary foliation in red ink in upper right margin ff. 24-63 (ff. 1-23 thus missing).
Layout:
Partly rubricated. Page layout and number of lines vary.
Support:
Paper
Watermark:
Three different watermarks: 1) at ff. 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, very similar to that of Briquet 14871 (1434-45), 14872 (1457-70), 14873 (1483), 14874 (1489) and 14875 (1509) ; 2) at ff. 14-17, 22, 25-26, 29-30 very close to Briquet 14868 (1465-1492) and 3) at ff. 31-32, 34, 37-38 Briquet 11949 (1480).
Notes
Language:
German (Bavarian dialect)
Germany, Regensburg (cfr. f. 1r, upper margin: Conventus Ratisbon[ensis] ord. Praed. ), late 15th century - early 16th.
Version identification:
At f. i recto: notes in pencil: (1455) / Ms. 89.
Acquisition:
At upper pastedown in upper left corner a label from the antiquarian book seller Emanuel Mai in Berlin; under the label in ink: No. 17044/E.
The manuscript came to the University Library in 1936 in deposition from the Lund Observatory.
Book binding
Binding:
Paper binding with blue grey French shell marbled paper; Germany, first decades of the 19th century. (cfr. Wolfe 1990 p. 185 and plate XXX:96). Size: 310 x 220 x 15 mm.
Paper binding with blue grey French shell marbled paper over pasteboards, worn. Rounded spine. Hollow back, defect. Trimmed edges. Single plain flyleaves and pastedowns of paper. Notes on front pastedown in pencil from top to bottom: Oberdeutsch Qursiven / err. / 1500.- / fol. 24-63 fol. 1-23 saknas / Dep. i LUB av Astr. Inst. / Nfi / Medeltidshs nr 49 / KIH 15 . Notes in pencil on back pastedown: 17 (crossed out) / M. T. I. F. - 56 / He. 12/XI. 44. / 3590. / 3114 (crossed out) and ArTG (?).Former all along sewing on double supports partially defect and later cut flush with the spine. Originally the bookblock was cased to the covers by a single string of glue on the flyleaves, which explain why the bookblock is now loose in case, first and last page of the manuscript still hold to the flyleaves and cover.
Decoration
Calligraphic small lombards in red up to f. 33r, continuous use of the signs of the zodiac in running text, horoscopes and tables; f. 24v : Table with the signs of the zodiac in red; f. 34v : Rose of winds; circular diagram with four inscribed ribbons radiating from a central circular field, and two inscribed ribbons radiating from each one of these, all ending at the circumference of the diagram, together forming a double cruciform disposition; f. 53v : Table with three columns of astrological signs; f. 58v : Astrological horoscope.
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Location
Lund University Library
Helgonabacken
Box 3
221 00 Lund
St. Laurentius Digital Manuscript Library
Shelfmark:
Medeltidshandskrift 49
Note:
Lund Observatory (in deposition at Lund University Library)
Identifiers (general)
urn:nbn:se:alvin:portal:record-13500
(nbn)
Identifiers (local)
alvin-record:13500
(alvin)
Licensing of the work
Public Domain Mark (No Known Copyright)
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