De sphaera, etc
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Description
- Title
- De sphaera, etc
- Creator
- Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, fl. 1230
- Contributor
- Askham, Anthony, fl. 1553.
- Published / Created
- 1526-27.
- Publication Place
- England (Cambridge)
- Abstract
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Manuscript on paper of Joannes de Sacro Bosco, Sphaera, translated into English and supplemented by Anthony Ascham. With calendar for the years 1529-35; "The Complaynt Off Sanct Cipriane, The Grett Nigromancer," a poem by Anthony Ascham. Includes individual zodiac volvelles with descriptions in Latin (several volvelles attached to the incorrect month).
- Description
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In English and Latin.
Watermarks: similar to Briquet Lettres et Monogrammes 9890 and Pot 12863.
Script: Text written in English secretary script.
Numerous explanatory drawings and tables appear throughout the manuscript, including 40 drawings of constellations; nineteen maps, accompanied by tables of longitude and latitude; nine devices that explain the movement of the heavenly bodies. All drawings are carefully drawn in brown ink, tinted with washes of green, yellow, black, brown, pink, and labelled in red or brown ink.
Many leaves pasted together, some of which have become unglued. Cropped, resulting in loss of some marginalia.
Binding: Eighteenth century. Brown sheepskin, blind-tooled with central panel and outer border colored dark brown. Pink spattered edges. - Provenance
- Purchased from C. A. Stonehill, 14 Dec. 1964, with the Edwin J. and Frederick W. Beinecke Fund.
- Extent
- ff. ca. 106 : 383 x 275 (323 x 222) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 337
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Renaissance England 16th century
Volvelles
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- paper ;
- Resource Type
- text
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, fl. 1230.
- Subject (Topic)
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Astrology
Astronomy, Medieval
Calendars
English poetry
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Early maps - Subjects
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Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, fl. 1230
Astrology > Early works to 1800
Astronomy, Medieval
Calendars
English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Early maps
England > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Sacro Bosco, De Sphaera, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9786526
- Object ID (OID)
- 17376363
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