Tabule illustrissimi principis regis alfonsii ... [etc.]

Name:

Māshāʾallāh, 730?-815?; Lignières, Jean de; Selder, Henricus

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1401

Description:

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).

Language:

Latin

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.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.; Stanitz, John D., former owner.

Relation:

Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1333432; The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs174.html

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); tables (documents); Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Medieval; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

142 leaves : paper; 295 x 225 mm bound to 295 x 236 mm + 2 notes

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title for manuscript taken from rubric for predominant work (f. 1r).; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-25v: Tabule illustrissimi principis regis alfonsii pie memorie.; Table of contents: 2. f.25v-26v: Canon [incipit: Notandum quod totus zodiacus ...]; Table of contents: 3. f.27r-68v: [Alphonsine Tables, continued from Work 1 and completed]; Table of contents: 4. f.69r-76v: [Canons for the Alphonsine Tables, incipit: Tempus est mensura motus ... (Thorndike-Kibre, 1559) / John of Saxony]; Table of contents: 5. f.77r-80v: [Canon?, incipit: Nota modum inveniendi radicem quamlibet ... (Thorndike-Kibre, 930), with paragraphs by Māshāʼallāh]; Table of contents: 6. f.81r-103v: [Canon on primum mobile, incipit: Cuiuslibet arcus prepositi sinum rectum invenire ... (Thorndike-Kibre, 276) / Jean de Lignières]; Table of contents: 7. f.104r-104v: [Computus, incipit: Cum secundum cursum solis et lune ecclesia sua festa ...]; Table of contents: 8. f.105r-105v: [Presagia pluviarum, incipit: Si sol fuerit in emisperio australi et venus sub radiis ... (Thorndike-Kibre, 1465)]; Table of contents: 9. f.105v-120v: [Canones tabularum Alphonsinarum, incipit: Licet multi libri sint conscripti ... (Thorndike-Kibre, 828) / Henricus Selder]; Table of contents: 10. f.121r-132v: Devotica duodecim domorum per quam scitur que sunt [incipit: Domorum duodecim que nobis computant firmamentum ... (Thorndike-Kibre, 467)]; Table of contents: 11. f.133r-142v: [Canons for the Alphonsine Tables, incipit: Tempus est mensura motus ... (Thorndike-Kibre, 1559) / John of Saxony]; 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.; 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).; Script: Written in Gothic cursive script by multiple hands.; 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).; 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.; Origin: Written in Prague from 1401 to 1404 (f. 23r, 76v).; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Latin.; Related Work: John, of Saxony, active 1327-1355. Canons.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 174

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)