With the Yale Med copy are bound some 34 manuscripts by Viennese astronomers of the Fifteenth Century (hand numbered p. 65-460, and dated 1486 and 1489), concerning astronomy, mathematics, and the manufacture and use of different astronomical instrume...
Manuscript compendium of astronomical and astrological texts, including a version of the Kalendarium of Regiomontanus, with lunar eclipse tables for the years 1475-1530 and a solar calendar for 1475-1513. Other contents include a number of astronomica...
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Regiomontanus, Joannes, 1436-1476.
Subject (Topic):
Astrology, Astrology, Italian, Astronomy, Calendars, Lunar eclipses, Quadrants (Astronomical instruments), Solar eclipses, Manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Zodiac
Manuscript, on paper, in several unidentified hands, containing a collection of 30 astronomical treatises and instructions for the creation of musical and matematical instruments, such as the organ, clavichord, Turkish instrument, cylindrical clocks, ...
Alternative Title:
Manuscripts, composed of astronomical and mathematical texts and instructions for making musical instruments written down by two different scribes [i.e. Yale Medical Historical Library Manuscript 25]
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomical Instruments, Astronomy, Mathematics, and Musical instruments
Manuscript, on parchment, in several unidentified hands containing a collection of various medical treatises. Manuscript consists of tree sections bound together. First part contains several works by Aristotle (all in William of Moerbeke's recension):...
Alternative Title:
De anima, De somno et vigilia, De generatione et corruptione [etc.] : [the Tabula ad inveniendum Pascha of Henricus Monachus, followed by selections, mostly astronomical and arithmetical, from Johannes de Sacrobosco, Robertus Grosseteste, Johannes de Ahrweiler, Gerardus Cremonensis]
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy, Medicine, Greek and Roman, Medicine, Aphorisms, Medicine, Medieval, Manuscripts, and Psychology
Manuscript on paper of Konrad von Megenberg (1309-1374), Die deutsche Sphaera, an adaptation in German of Iohannes de Sacrobosco, De sphaera. With 23 verses dealing with the numerical value of the letters of the alphabet, excerpted from Hugutio of Pi...
Description:
In German.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, fl. 1230.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy, German poetry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Numerology, and Science, Medieval
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a book of instruction for the author's daughter. Although the volume contains information on parts of speech, explanations of the meanings of words in the English language, basic mathematics such as addition, subtract...
Description:
Stanhope, Philip, second earl of Chesterfield (1633-1714), courtier and politician, was the eldest son of Henry Stanhope (d. 1634), and his wife Katherine (bap. 1609, d. 1667). He was involved in numerous duels, fleeing the country after having kille...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Aristotle., Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, Earl of, 1633-1713., Cicero, Marcus Tullius., Coke, Mary Stanhope, Lady, 1664-1703., Homer., Southwell family., and Southwell, Thomas Southwell, Baron, 1721-1780.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy, Letter writing, Nobility, Social life and customs, Women, Conduct of life, and Education
