Physical Description:
25 leaves : paper ; 315 x 215 (265 x 170) mm. Notes:
Ms. codex. Collection of texts on cosmography, geography and
astrology, with maps and diagrams. Title from printed catalogue.
Paper, ii (modern paper) + 25 + ii (modern paper). Ruled in crayon
for approximately 63 lines; in the last 2 quires, the vertical
rules occasionally in ink. Written in 3 cursive hands: i, ff. 1-18,
20-21, 22-25; ii, f. 19r-v (arts. 3 and 4); iii, f. 21r-v (arts. 6
and 7). 22 maps or diagrams (those of circle shape 160 or 170 mm.
in diameter) of which 2 are across the opening (ff. 6v-7, 7v-8), 2
others are full page (ff. 3v, 11v), and 4 are traced from one side
to the other (ff. 3-3v, 9-9v, 10-10v, 13-13v). The diagrams are
occasionally outlined in red; initials both within the text and in
diagrams stroked in red; some red underlining, brackets, paragraph
marks. Written possibly at Lübeck: the name of that town appears
on ff. 4, 6, 14 (twice) and 15v (twice), usually to indicate
distance from a given point to Lübeck. The date 1486 occurs on ff.
2v and 9 (three times); on f. 16, the date 1488. The writer refers
to himself in the first person on ff. 8v and 12v. ff. 1-8v:
[Geographical material with maps and lists]. ff. 8v-18r: [Prophetic
material with maps and lists]. f. 18v: [Blank page]. f. 19: Canon
primus de fleubotomia ... f. 19r-v: Canon 29 de farmacia id est
medicina ... ff. 20-21: Incipit messehallach de coniunctionibus. f.
21r-v: Miliaria ptholomei de magnitudinibus corporum celestium et
distantiis orbium sunt hec redacta ad theutonica miliaria secundum
quod 60 agri faciunt miliare ... f. 21v: De virtute et proprietate
planetarum, Venus et Jupiter sunt fortunati, Mars et Saturnus
infortunati ... f. 22: [Tables and circular diagram on the zodiac].
ff. 22v-25v: De divisione corporis humani secundum planetas in
natura eorumdem propria et cum egritudinibus sibi propriis ...
Binding: blue morocco with gilt top edge; bound by Riviere and
Son. Subjects:
Geography, Ancient. ; Cosmography -- Early works to 1800. Provenance:
Acquired by Henry E. Huntington in February 1926 from Maggs, Cat.
465 "Bibliotheca Americana et Philippina" Pt. IV (1925) n. 2588
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