Astrological and other occult or scientific treatises

Description

Title: Astrological and other occult or scientific treatises
Published / Created: [ca. 1550]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment and paper of a multitude of texts. The principal author or collector of the present manuscript is Thomas Butler from Harlow in Essex, born in 1528. He gives the horoscopes of himself and several members of his family. Other contemporary scientists quoted are Johann Stoeffler (1452-1531), Humphrey Llwyd ("Loyde", 1527-1568) and Leonard Digges (c. 1515-c. 1559).
Description: In English.
Script: Written by 5 hands: A (ff. 1r-46v and 75r-84v) writes a bold Gothica Cursiva Formata (Secretary), with headings in Gothica Textualis; B (ff. 47r-62r and 63v-65v): Gothica Cursiva Currens (Secretary), perhaps Butler's hand; C (f. 67r-v): Gothica Cursiva Antiquior Libraria (Anglicana); D (ff. 68r-72v line 2): Gothica Cursiva Libraria (Secretary); E (ff. 72v line 3-74r): Gothica Cursiva Formata (Secretary).
Pen drawings throughout.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown leather over cardboard, rebacked. The covers decorated with gilt frames and five gilt stars (4 in the corners and one in the center); spine gilt with inscription "ASTROLOG.". Red edges. Marbled endleaves.
Provenance: Bequest of Henry C. Taylor, 1971.
Extent: ff. ii + 89 + iii : various sizes, max. 205 x 150 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Renaissance England 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment and paper ;
Resource Type: text
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Digges, Leonard, d. ca. 1559.
Llwyd, Humphrey, 1527-1568.
Stoeffler, Johann, 1452-1531.
Subject (Topic): Astrology
English literature
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Science
Science, Medieval
Subjects: Digges, Leonard, d. ca. 1559
Llwyd, Humphrey, 1527-1568
Stoeffler, Johann, 1452-1531
Astrology > Early works to 1800
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Science > Early works to 1800
Science, Medieval
England > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Astrological and Other Occult or Scientific Treatises. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.