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Johannes de Sacro Bosco, Alcabitius, Thebit ben Corat, Petrus de Dacia, Robert the Englishman (late 13th cent.) — 14th century, late

MS. Bodl. 491

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Title

Johannes de Sacro Bosco, Alcabitius, Thebit ben Corat, Petrus de Dacia, Robert the Englishman (late 13th cent.) — 14th century, late

Shelfmark

MS. Bodl. 491

Place of origin

English

Date

14th century, late

Language

Latin

Contents

Fol. v verso: 15th-century list of contents.
Johannes de Sacro Bosco Algorismus
2. (fol. 8v) Johannes de Sacro Bosco Tractatus de sphaera
3. (fol. 22v) Theorica planetarum
(fol. 32) Rubric: Canones super tabulas Alfonsi principis illustris regis Castelle compositas ad meridiem Tholeti ...
(fols. 41–64) Tabulae Alphonsi regis
5. (fol. 65) Alcabitius Liber introductorius
6. (fol. 97) Tables and text on the Zodiac
Thebit ben Corat
(fol. 102v) De recta imaginatione spherae
(fol. 105) De motu octauae spherae
(fol. 109v) De quantitate stellarum
(fol. 111v) De hiis quae indigent expositione antequam legitur Almagestum
8. (fol. 116v) Petrus de Dacia Commentary on Johannes de Sacro Bosco, Algorismus
9. (fol. 142v) Robert the Englishman (late 13th cent.) Commentary on Johannes de Sacro Bosco, Tractatus de sphaera

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

v + 170 leaves

Musical notation

Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957).

Acquisition

'THo. Allen. D.[ono] D.[edit],' in 1601.

Provenance

'Thys ys Wylliam Smetheys [?] hond of Haukynge chanham [?]' (fol. 166), 16th cent.: cf. fol. 169.

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Connections

People associated with this object

  • Johannes Sacrobosco, early 13th cent.

  • Thebit, ben Chorat, 836-901

  • Petrus, de Dacia Gothensis, ca. 1235-1289

  • Alcabitius, 09..-0990

  • Joannes, Hispalensis, active 12th century

  • Allen, Thomas, 1542-1632

  • Robertus, Anglicus, active 1272 at Montpellier

  • Smethys, William, of Hawkinge (?), 16th century

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