Ms. codex. Title for manuscript taken from rubric for predominant work (f. 1r). Foliation: Paper, i + 142 + i; 112 216(-2) 3-412 518 6-812 910 1016 1112 1212(-2); 1-4, [5-8], 9-12, [13-142], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Layout: Text pages written in both 2 columns of 45-57 lines and 36-52 long lines; tables in various arrangements of columns and rows. Pricking visible on up to 3 sides on many leaves in the first half of the manuscript (f. 1-68). Script: Written in Gothic cursive script by multiple hands. Decoration: Tables in red and brown ink; red initials (1 topped with a drawing of a crown in red ink, f. 69r), rubrics, paragraph marks, and initials touched with red in text pages; occasional manicules (f. 26r, 110v, 124r). Binding: Contemporary limp vellum; lower cover originally wrapped around upper cover with remnants of string ties; leather spine with leather button at head; spine label with title Astronomica manuscripta written in ink; former shelf marks on labels, 32, 251, 355. Origin: Written in Prague from 1401 to 1404 (f. 23r, 76v). Formerly in the library of the Counts of Ortenburg at Tambach Castle, Ms. E. 355 (spine label). Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 25 June 1985, lot 72. Appears in an H. P. Kraus catalog, 1987. Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 5. Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997. Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011. Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.
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