Cornell University, Archives 4600 Bd. Ms. 146 + Bd. Ms. 146

Metadata

DS ID:

DS12113

Shelfmark:

Archives 4600 Bd. Ms. 146 + Bd. Ms. 146

Title:

Algorismus, cum glosa / John of Sacro Bosco

Author:

Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, active 1230

Johannes de Sacrobosco WIKIDATA

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

ca. 1438

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Text in Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 28 leaves : paper ; 219 x 146 (160 x 112) mm., unbound.

Note:

Ms. gatherings.
This manuscript is related to Misc. Bd. Mss. 12 and 115. All three are unbound, written on paper of nearly identical dimensions and in the same script, and all three were acquired together from the same source. Misc. Bd. Ms. 115 is dated to 1438 and was written at the monastery of Ewich near Attendorn in Germany.
Layout: Written in 32-40 long lines; lightly framed (usually in dry point), but not ruled.
Script: Gothic cursive.
Decoration: Decorated initials, most of them imperfect.
Binding: Unbound, boxed.
Origin: Written in Germany, probably at the monastery of Ewich near Attendorn, ca. 1438.
Provenance: Bought in 1888 by George Lincoln Burr for the White Library from Dr. Gerhard Hennen at Düsseldorf, Germany.
Former shelfmark: MSS Bd. Rare P S12+
Related shelfmark: MS B.52 (De Ricci)

Keyword:

Gothic scripts

Mathematics

Science

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/3816453

Holding Institution:

Cornell University