[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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