[Astronomy lecture notes]

Timespan:

16th century; Early works to 1800

Date:

1550

Description:

Student lecture notes for the second level of instruction in astronomy at the university at Wittenberg during Philipp Melanchthon's tenure on the theology faculty there, including discussion of spherical astronomy, atmospheric refraction, conversion of degrees into miles, and the use of astronomical tables. Some marginal notes with loss due to trimming.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold at auction at Reiss & Sohn (Königstein im Taunus), 4 Nov. 1998, lot 4.; Sold by H. P. Kraus (New York), cat. 215 (Dec. 2000), no. 254, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.

Relation:

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/ljs397.html; Video orientation: https://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/100000298

Subject:

Astronomy -- Early works to 1800; Astronomy; Astronomy -- Germany -- History -- 16th century; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Diagrams; Lecture notes; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

40 leaves : paper; 199 x 147 mm bound to 205 x 155 mm

Geographic Subject:

Germany

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Collation: Paper, 40; 1-5⁸ (f. 1, 9-14, 31, 40 blank).; Script: Written in italic script, either by multiple hands or in varying degrees of formality (f. 2r-8v, 15r-39r).; Decoration: 8 diagrams (f. 8r, 19v, 20v, 22v, 23v, 26r, 29r, 30r) involving circles, radii, and latitude, in black ink, black ink with red letters, or red ink; 4 small mathematical diagrams (f. 32r, 32v, 33v); rubrication in red in second part of manuscript (f. 15r-38v).; Binding: Later marbled paper.; Origin: Written in Wittenberg (f. 29v), ca. 1550 (after the publication of Copernicus' De revolutionibus in 1543).; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 397

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)