Treatise on fractions — 13th century; French (?)

Title

Treatise on fractions — 13th century; French (?)

Treatise on arithmetic in French verse — 13th century

Treatise on arithmetic — 13th century; French (?)

Cicero — 12th century, second half; French (?)

Liber alguorismorum — 12th century, late; French (?)

Treatise on astronomy, mainly on the planet Saturn — 13th century, early; French (?)

Treatise on fractions and roots — 13th century, early; French (?)

Treatise on composition of astronomical tables — 13th century, early; French (?)

Shelfmark

MS. Selden Supra 26

Date

12th century, late

13th century, early

13th century

12th century, second half

Language

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

Latin

Contents

Acquisition

Acquired by the Bodleian in 1659

Provenance

Canterbury, Kent, Benedictine abbey of St Augustine (originally of St Peter and St Paul): "Liber Willelmi de Clara quem portavit ad sanctum Augustinum" (c. 1300). "Liber Sancti Augustini Cant'. Liber W. de Clare" (s. xiv in.) "D xi Gra v[?]" altered to "D. xiii, Gra. iii". (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Seldon supra 90 fols. 30–37, probably formed one volume with Seldon supra 26. Cf. Corrigenda to S.C. ii. Inscriptions on flyleaf, fol. iv recto (the leaf is from a late 11th-cent. MS., like fol. 130). (MLGB3)

John Selden, 1584–1654

Title

Arithmetical and astronomical pieces

Shelfmark

MS. Selden Supra 26

Summary

Arithmetical and astronomical pieces:

First half of 13th cent., (fol. 5). The latter part of a treatise on Arithmetic: a section beg. 'Cum minor quantitas aliquociens sumpta maiorem componit': ends 'Scio igitur quod ternarius est numerus quesitus', with an arithmetical note added.

13th cent.: in French (fol. 13). An arithmetic in French verse: beg. 'Li dui clerc qui ont translate | Compot en roumans sunt hastes | De plusors que achen amete(te)nt | Et en roumans argorisme metent'; ends 'Verras le nombre si te haite | Et se adroit taraiz astraite. Explicit.'

Middle of 13th cent., (fol. 17). A treatise on arithmetic: pref. beg. 'Si quis in quatuor matheseos disciplinis': text beg. 'Vnitas est origo'. On fol. 23r is a French recipe for treating the eyes, and on fol. 23v a calendarial cycle from 1255 to 1284, with French notes.

Late 12th cent., (fol. 24). 'Sompnium Scipionis Marci Tullii Sciceronis (sic), excerptum ex libro vi to de Re puplica', with the 'Expositio Macrobii', with diagrams, etc. Two distinctive capitals are on fols. 24, 75.

Late 12th cent., (fol. 96). 'Liber Alguorismorum', beg. 'Omnis numerus naturali': part of it is 'Exceptiones de libro qui dicitur Geblamucabala [Algebra]', fol. 99v.

Early 13th cent., (fol. 101). Part of a treatise on the planet Saturn: beg., some leaves being lost, 'quanta fiunt differentia partis & cursus mediati', ends '& ad euidentiam directionem quandam sub. traximus'.

Late 12th cent., (fol. 106v). 'Liber de practica Aritmetice', on fractions and roots: beg. 'De minuendi scientia. Si autem uolueris minuere fractiones ': cf. fol. 12v.

Fol. 122. A treatise on the composition of astronomical tables: beg. 'Tabulas compositurus hoc ordine procedes'.

Fols. 4, 130 are parts of leaves from a 10th cent. Sacramentary written at St. Omer (see fol. 130r).

'Liber Willelmi de Clara quem portauit ad sanctum Augustinum', about A.D. 1300, with list of contents. 'Liber Sancti Augustini Cantuarie . Liber W . de Clare' early 14th cent., with list of contents: 'D[istinctio] xi Gra[dus] viii', altered to' D. xiii, Gra. iii'.

Date

Made up of seven pieces written in the late 12th and 13th century in France (?)

Language

French

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment

Physical extent

133 Leaves

Custodial history

Manuscript 3428 acquired by the Bodleian Library