Lecture notes on physics, including motion, temperature, the solar system, and the senses. Concludes with a brief section on ethics (pp. 347-365), followed by a table of contents (pp. ii-vii).
Language:
Latin
Provenance:
Note on p. x following the text: Hic liber attinet ad me Petrum Deluer.; Sold by Roger Gaskell Rare Books, 2005.
183 leaves : paper, illustrations; 159 x 107 mm bound to 165 x 118 mm + 4 notes
Geographic Subject:
Solar system -- Early works to 1800; Solar system
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Ms. codex.; Title based on caption title (p. 1); lecturer and date from closing rubric (p. 365).; Table of contents: Pages 1- 365: "[p. 1: text] Ab astrusis logicae, nec o metaphysicae desertis in amenum et floriferum ingredimur physicae campum ... [p. 365: text] obsecro per infinita saecula saeculorum, amen. [p. 365: rubr.] Finis totius physicae die quinta mensis iulii hora decima matutina 1709 sub reverendissimo patre Peirusso Augustiniano."; Pagination: Paper, 183 leaves; 1-199, 201-209, 220-256, 256-243, 245-365, [xii]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.; Decoration: Pen and ink diagrams in text. Four folding cosmological charts demonstrating the evolution of theories of the solar system (Ptolemaic, Copernican, Tychonian, "Novum et verum") were pasted to pp. 183, 184, 190, and 192. At some point they have been cut through or corroded at the foot of the page without loss. The detached charts have been removed from the codex, unfolded, and shelved separately with the codex.; Binding: Contemporary sheep, with remains of two leather ties (Gaskell).; Origin: Written probably in France (Gaskell) in 1709.; Latin.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1016
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