Astronomia : pars mathematicae

Name:

Appenzeller, Johann, d. 1603; Mandlacher, Caspar

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1599

Description:

Refutation of Copernican heliocentric theory and defense of Aristotelian geocentric principles, followed by an exposition of the nature of the universe, the various celestial bodies, their behavior, their form, their composition and elements, their motion, and the zodiac. The Astronomia is followed by commentary or lecture notes on Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics, possibly also written by Caspar Mandlacher.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Gift of Orville H. Bullitt (sold by Tenner), 1970.

Subject:

Aristotle. Nicomachean ethics; Astronomy -- Early works to 1800; Astronomy; Ethics -- Early works to 1800; Ethics

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); commentaries; lecture notes; treatises; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

162 leaves : paper; 197 x 159 mm bound to 27 x 165 mm

Geographic Subject:

Solar system; Solar system

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. i recto).; Table of contents: 1. f.i recto-113v: Astronomia / Johann Appenzeller.; Table of contents: 2. f.116r-161r: Prolegomena in decem Nicomachiorum Ethicorum / [Caspar Mandlacher?]; Incipit (Work 1): Astronomia agit de corpore simplici, circa centrum mobili, quas tuor praecipuas habet partes... (f. i recto); Explicit (Work 1): ...iri qualium diameter continet in universum duodecim atq[ue] h[?]s de theoria et reliquis Astronomiae p[ar]tib[us] (f. 113v).; Incipit (Work 2): Cum ars doctrina teste Ar[istot]le... (f. 116r); Explicit (2): ...[de] signo [pro]posito multis [?] (f. 161r).; Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 161 + i (modern paper); 1-24, 24-26, 29, 2, 31, 28, 32, contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto; modern foliation in pencil, [1-161], upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 19-34 long lines.; Script: Written in a cursive script.; Decoration: Table of eclipses at the latitude of the University of Ingolstadt (f. i verso); table of astrolabe measurements of stars (f. 82r); marginal notes.; Binding: Modern cloth.; Origin: Written in Ingolstadt, Germany, ca. 1599-1604.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1217