Ynstruction of the ephimeredes

Name:

Schöner, Johann, 1477-1547

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1540

Description:

Copy of the first of the six texts in Opusculum astrologicum, ex diversorum libris, summa cura pro studiosorum utilitate collectum, in a 16th-century English translation. Instructions in 22 chapters for the use of the Ephemerides of Regiomontanus, astronomical tables giving the positions of planets, the sun, and the moon. Includes tables for the latitude of the moon, hourly motion of planets, duration of lunar eclipses, and lunar motion. A table for the risings and settings of fixed stars is "rectyfyed to the yere of our Lorde 1540 complete" (f. 17r). This manuscript was part of Bute MS 13 (formerly f. 101r-120v), followed by another section (formerly f. 124r-141v), now LJS 191, University of Pennsylvania.

Language:

English, Middle (1100-1500)

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.; Parent manuscript sold at auction at Sotheby's as part of the Bute collection, 13 June 1983, lot 32 (part 6).; Appears in H. P. Kraus's cat. 180 (1988), no. 134, and cat. 186 (1991), no. 35.; Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 19.; 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.; Alleyn, James, former owner.; Stanitz, John D., former owner.

Relation:

Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1333434; 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/ljs188.html

Subject:

Astronomy -- Early works to 1800; Astronomy; Ephemerides -- Early works to 1800; Ephemerides

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Manuals (instructional materials); Tables (documents); Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

20 leaves : paper; 188 x 142 (146-156 x 107) mm bound to 196 x 152 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from opening rubric (f. 1r).; Collation: Paper, ii (modern) + ii + 20 + i + ii (modern); 1¹² 2⁵ 3⁴(-1); [1-20], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Text pages written in 24-31 long lines; 6 tables are in various arrangements of rows and columns.; Script: Written in a secretary script.; Decoration: Tables in brown and red ink; 6-line initial on red and silver ground with red flourishes (f. 1r); 3-line initials in red, or on a ground of red or brown penwork, or on red ground, or simply outlined in ink (some spaces for initials left blank with guide letters visible); initials touched with red throughout, some underlining in red; 2 pages frame-ruled in red ink (f. 1v-2r).; Binding: Modern calf (after Sotheby's sale in 1983).; Origin: Written in England, circa 1540 (f. 17r).; 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).; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Middle English.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 188

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)