Manuscript fragment on parchment of Ps.-Dionysius Areopagita, De caelesti hierarchia, translated into Latin by Robert Grosseteste (d. 1253), with his commentary
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite. and Franciscans
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Astronomy, Medieval, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholia
Manuscript on paper of Benedetto Cotrugli (Benedictus de Cotrullis, c. 1410-1469), De navigatione liber (Della navigazione). After the prologue in Latin addressed to the Doge and the Senate of Venice, the author, quoting countless Biblical, ancient,...
Description:
The author, born in Ragusa (Dubrovnik), was a businessman and humanist, from 1451 onwards in favour at the Court of Naples. His Della mercatura e del mercante perfetto, written in 1458, was for a long time considered his only surviving work. Our manus...
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Cotrugli, Benedetto, d. 1468.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy, Medieval, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Manuscript maps, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Navigation
Manuscript on parchment of 1) Joannes de Sacro Bosco, De sphaera. 2) Unidentified Cosmographicae libellus. 3) Nicolas Oresme, Traite de la sphere, in a Latin translation apparently extant only in this manuscript
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, active 1230.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy, Medieval, Cosmography, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
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 indi...
Description:
In English and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, fl. 1230.
Subject (Topic):
Astrology, Astronomy, Medieval, Calendars, English poetry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Early maps
Manuscript on parchment (one bifolium, one fragment) of 1) Hermannus Contractus, De utilitatibus astrolabii, text of bifolium not continuous. 2) Hermannus Contractus, Liber de mensura astrolabii, Book 1, portions of chs. 5-6. Annotated by several cont...
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Hermannus, Contractus, 1013-1054.
Subject (Topic):
Astrolabes, Astronomy, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper containing Leonardo Dati O.P. (1360-1425), or Gregorio Dati (1362-1435), La Sfera; a Libro di ricordi (1480-1501); sermons; extracts from Brunetto Latini, Il Tesoro; magical treatise; a "Portolano"; three sonnets; and 10 maps or vi...
Description:
In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Dati, Leonardo, 1408-1472., Dati, Gregorio, 1362-1435., Latini, Brunetto, 1220-1295., and Giamboni, Bono, ca. 1292.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy, Medieval, Charts, diagrams, etc, Early maps, Italian poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sermons, Italian
Manuscript on paper (watermarks buried in gutter) of Gregorio (or Leonardo?) Dati, La Sfera. This rhyming treatise (ottava rima) is divided into two parts: 1) a treatise on astronomy; 2) rules for navigation and the determination of the position of th...
Description:
In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Dati, Gregorio, 1362-1436.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy, Medieval, Italian poetry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Early maps, and Navigation
Manuscript on parchment (goatskin) of 1) Iohannes de Sacrobosco, Algorismus. 2) Thebit ben Chorat, De recta imaginatione sphaerae. 3) Iohannes de Sacrobosco, De sphaera. 4) Iohannes Campanus of Novara (ascr.), Tractatus quadrantis. 5) Iohannes de Sacr...
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, fl. 1230.
Subject (Topic):
Astrology, Astronomy, Medieval, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Mathematics, Medieval
Manuscript on paper. Includes notes on arithmetic and accounting for merchandise; a romance of Tristan; list of spices; astronomical and astrological information; charms and prayers; recipes; extracts in Venetian; and poems
Description:
In Italian and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Venice (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Accounting, Arithmetic, Astrology, Astronomy, Medieval, Formulas, recipes, etc, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Merchants, Prayers, Tristan (Legendary character), and Economic conditions
