Planetary calendar

Description

Title: Planetary calendar
Published / Created: [ca. 1450]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of a set of planetary tables, followed by a two-page note of instructions for their use, which begins: "For the declaracion of this p[re]cedente tabule." The included feast days suggest an origin in southern England, perhaps London
Description: In Middle English.
Layout: tables in red and brown ink.
Script: English bookhand.
Decoration: gold initials.
Binding: modern half-calf.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Robert Davies (Gwysaney MS 26). Formerly owned by P. R. Davies-Cooke. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 14 leaves : 225 mm x 155 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English, Middle (1100-1500)

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval England 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Astronomy
Calendar
English prose literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Astronomy > Early works to 1800
Calendar > Early works to 1800
English prose literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership

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Citation: Planetary Calendar (Takamiya MS 95). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.