Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of Chaucer's Treatise on the astrolabe
Description:
In Middle English., Layout: single columns, mostly of 28 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: initials in blue with red penwork., Presentation inscription on verso of front flyleaf: Augustus W. Franks, the gift of Sir David Dundas., Ownership inscription on verso of front flyleaf: C. H. Read., Tipped in: autograph letter signed from D. D. to A. W. Franks, 1877 February 11., and Binding: nineteenth-century full calf; in case.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.
Subject (Topic):
Astrolabes, English literature, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 طوسي، ناصر الدين محمد بن محمد، 1201-1274
Published / Created:
16--?]
Call Number:
Manuscript Persian 13
Image Count:
153
Alternative Title:
Risālah-i bīst bāb dar maʻrifat-i asṭurlāb, Bīst bāb dar maʻrifat-i asṭurlāb, رساله بيست باب در معرفة أسطرلاب, and بيست باب در معرفة أسطرلاب
Description:
Manuscript., Persian., Also known as Risālah-i bīst bāb dar maʻrifat-i asṭurlāb., Copied ca. 11 cent. H./17 cent. CE. in medium size taʻlīq. The 15 folios measure 13x21.5 cm; the written surface measuring 10x19 cm. is ruled with red lines; 21 lines per page; marginalia; red catchwords and headings on bottom of page; simple drawings; laid paper is light brown and glazed; the leather binding without flap is blind stamped. Ref. GAL I, 512 #48. Provenance: Cushing Persian Ms. 13/2., and Preceded by 6 folios of anatomical drawings with few persian labels. Provenance: Cushing: Persian Ms. 13/1.
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 contemporary hands
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in romanesque minuscule verging on gothic bookhand., Plain initials, 3- to 2-line, headings and horizontal lines for chart in orange. Diagram of dial on f. 2r; star chart on f. 3v., and Bifolium used as a wrapper for a book numbered "5311".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Hermannus, Contractus, 1013-1054.
Subject (Topic):
Astrolabes, Astronomy, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
