[De improbatione concentricorum et epicyclorum ... etc.]

Description
An astronomical treatise by Heinrich von Langenstein and a treatise on astronomy and astrology variously attributed to Albertus Magnus or Roger Bacon.
Creator
Heinrich, von Langenstein, approximately 1325-1397
Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280
Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294
Form
manuscripts (documents)
codices (bound manuscripts)
Manuscripts, Latin
Manuscripts, Medieval
Date
1362
Language
Latin
Subject
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800
Astronomy
Extent
20 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 271 x 198 (188 x 140) mm bound to 278 x 203 mm
Notes
Ms. codex.
Collective title and author from title and author for Work 1 from Zacour-Hirsch.
Table of contents: 1. f.1r-14v: De improbatione concentricorum et epicyclorum / Heinrich von Langenstein.
Table of contents: 2. f.15r-20v: Speculum philosophiae / Albertus Magnus.
Foliation: Parchment, i (modern paper) + 20 + i (modern paper); 91-110; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto; [1-20]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 43-47 lines.
Decoration: Illuminated initial in gold, red, and blue at the beginning of each work (f. 1r, 15r); numerous initials in red and blue; rubricated in red and blue.
Binding: Modern boards.
Origin: Written in England after 1362 (date on f. 14v) in one hand (Zacour-Hirsch).
Latin.
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3tz84
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 827
Provenance
Jacques Rosenthal, 1916.
Sold by Wilfred M. Voynich, 1923.
Voynich, Wilfred Michael, 1865-1930, former owner.
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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