Bodleian Library
Univertiy of Oxford Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

Help with advanced searching

Alexander de Villa Dei, Petrus de Dacia, Johannis de Sacro Bosco, Johannes de Sacro Bosco, Robertus Anglicus, Māshāʼallāh, Thebit ben Chorat, Profatius Judaeus, Accursius of Parma (?), John Peckham, Franco de Polonia, Pierre de Maricourt — 14th century, first half; England or France

MS. Ashmole 1522

Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

Details

This item is described in 1 online catalogue.?

For the main catalogue entry, see: Medieval manuscripts in Oxford libraries

Description

From Medieval manuscripts in Oxford libraries

This is an extract only. For more information, see the catalogue record in Medieval manuscripts in Oxford libraries.

Medieval manuscripts in Oxford libraries contains descriptions of all known Western medieval manuscripts held in the Bodleian Libraries, and of medieval manuscripts in selected Oxford colleges. Learn more.

Title

Alexander de Villa Dei, Petrus de Dacia, Johannis de Sacro Bosco, Johannes de Sacro Bosco, Robertus Anglicus, Māshāʼallāh, Thebit ben Chorat, Profatius Judaeus, Accursius of Parma (?), John Peckham, Franco de Polonia, Pierre de Maricourt — 14th century, first half; England or France

Shelfmark

MS. Ashmole 1522

Place of origin

England or France

Date

14th century, first half

Language

Latin

Contents

Fols. 1r-2v blank.
1. (fols. 3–7v) Alexander de Villa Dei Carmen de arte Algorismi seu Arithmetica
(fol. 8v) Rubric: Hic est terminus pasche qui nunquam in bisexto preterit, nec sine bisexto
2. (fols. 9r–15r) Petrus de Dacia Kalendarium
3. (fols. 17r–24v) Johannis de Sacro Bosco Algorismus
4. (fols. 25r–40rb) Johannis de Sacro Bosco Tractatus de sphaera
5. (fols. 40va–42vb) Treatise on fractions (eTK 0320F)
6. (fols. 43ra–70ra) Johannes de Sacro Bosco Compotus
7. (fols. 70rb–78rb) Robertus Anglicus Tractatus quadrantis veteris
8. (fols. 78vb, 79r, 79v) Rubric: Tabula Solis in anno bisextili ad inveniendum locum ejus in orbe declivi fixo
9. (fols. 80ra–95ra) Māshāʼallāh De compositione astrolabii
10. (fols. 95ra–101vb) Māshāʼallāh Practica astrolabii
11. (fols. 102ra–110va) Theorica Planetarum
12. (fols. 110vb–14va) Thebit ben Chorat De motu octauae spherae
13. (fols. 114va–18va) Thebit ben Chorat De hiis quae indigent expositione antequam legitur Almagestum
14. (fols. 118va–120rb) Thebit ben Chorat De recta imaginatione spherae
15. (fols. 120rb–122rb) Thebit ben Chorat De quantitate stellarum
16. (fols. 122v–132r) Profatius Judaeus Quadrans nouus
17. (fols. 132va–48ra) Accursius of Parma (?) Sphaera solida siue astrolabium sphericum
18. (fols. 148ra–75vb) John Peckham Perspectiua
19. (fols. 176ra–78vb) Franco de Polonia Modus construendi torquetum
20. (fols. 178vb–81vb) De compositione chilindri
21. (fols. 181vb–7va) Pierre de Maricourt Epistola de magnete
22. (fols. 187va–198v) Alexander de Villa Dei Massa compoti
23. (fols. 198v, 199r) Rubric: Hec est tabula ad inveniendum pascha sine compoto. Et cum fueris in fine, revertere in capite ejusdem
(fol. 199v) Rubric: In hoc volumine continentur isti tractatus astronomie

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

v (paper) + 203 (2 + 197 + 4) + v (paper)leaves

Hands

Textualis; one hand.

Decoration

Good diagrams, some coloured.

Penwork borders.

Penwork initials.

Marginal drawings, fols. 28r-v, 35r.

Binding

17th-century speckled calf over pasteboard, rebacked.

Acquisition

Transferred to the Bodleian Library in 1860.

Provenance

Localized by Pächt and Alexander as "English (?)" (with date 14th century, second quarter); penwork and calendar might suggest France (perhaps Paris?).

Merton, Surrey, Augustinian priory of St Mary the Virgin: "Liber ecclesie beate Marie de Merton. juxta London. in dioc. Wynton. traditus domino Johanni Gysborne canonico ejusdem loci et scolari Oxon. per magistrum Johannem Kyngestone Priorem de Merton. predicta in sacra theologia professorem, anno Domini Millesimo CCCCmºquinquagesimo sexto." (fol. 202v). ( MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Elias Ashmole

Bequeathed by him to the Ashmolean Museum in 1692.

View full record in Medieval manuscripts in Oxford libraries

See this item

Requesting

For information on how to request this item, see Medieval manuscripts in Oxford libraries.

Viewing

This item is available to view online:

Connections

People associated with this object

View full record

See this itemFind out how to request this item

View online

On this page