Colenda Digital Repository

[Astronomical tables]

Name:
Manzini, Carlo Antonio, -1678
Timespan:
Early works to 1800
Date:
1626
Description:
A composite volume primarily composed of manuscript and printed astronomical charts. Slightly more than half of the folios are manuscript. Printed text may be Manzini's Tabulae primi mobilis quibus nova dividendi ars et praecipue circule positionis inventio ..., Bologna, 1626.
Language:
Latin
Provenance:
Sold by Ivan Volkoff (Solvang, Calif.), 1968.
Subject:
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800; Astronomy; Astronomy -- Tables
Resource Type:
Text
Form/Genre:
Codices; Tables (documents); Hybrid books; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, European; Tables (Data); manuscripts (documents)
Physical Description:
225 leaves : paper; 177 x 110 mm bound to 179 x 120 mm
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-11r: Tabula sexagenaria deserviens multiplicationi.; Table of contents: 2. f.11v-17v: Tabula declinationum.; Table of contents: 3. f.18r-19r: Tabula converiendi horas et minuta in g. et m. aequatoris.; Table of contents: 4. f.19v-36r: Tabula ascentionum rectarum.; Table of contents: 5. f.36v-87v: Positionum pol. 42 tabula declinatio meridionalis supra terram.; Table of contents: 6. f.88r-225v: Caroli Antonio Mangini tabulae ascensionum et descensionum obliquarum ab elevatione poli gr. 1 ad elevat. gr. 49.; Foliation: Paper, vi + 225 + i; [1-225]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in an italic script.; Decoration: Black stamped coat-of-arms (f. 1r), charts decorated to look like columns (f. 18v).; Binding: Contemporary morocco (rebacked), gold-tooled with vase and flower design, broken clasps.; Origin: Written in Italy (possibly Bologna) in the 17th century.; Latin.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1105