Messahala, Ps.-Ptolemy, Albategni — 15th century

Title

Messahala, Ps.-Ptolemy, Albategni — 15th century

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Misc. 61

Associated place

Italian

Date

15th century

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Binding

16th century?, Italian: pasteboards; sewing on four thick split cords of tawed leather, perhaps preserved from a previous binding; brown leather (worn) with elaborate blind tooling, each cover divided into four small panels with centrepieces; cross-hatching on spine (part lost); traces of four pairs of lost ties, probably twists of tawed leather; edges stained blue; paste-downs from fragments of Justinian’s Digest, 14th century, Italian (visible text Lib. XII Tit. IV.9-V.1) and Cicero’s De officiis, 15th century, Italian? (visible text Bk. I.IV.10-V.16). 248–250 180–181 c. 35–38 (book closed).

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Provenance

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Title

Astronomical

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Misc. 61

Summary

Messahala, Astrolabium (tr. John of Seville)

Astronomical treatises

Ps.-Ptolemy, De compositione astrolabii (tr. Robert of Chester (?))

Albategni, De scientia astrorum (tr. Plato of Tivoli)

Date

15th century

Language

Latin

Physical extent

1 volume