Newberry Library, VAULT Ayer MS 68

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DS ID:

DS17710

Shelfmark:

VAULT Ayer MS 68

Title:

Explanatio super cosmographia Ptolemei

Commentary on Ptolemy

Author:

Bernardo, d'Albenga

Bernardo d'Albenga WIKIDATA

Place:

Genoa, Italy

Genoa TGN

Italy TGN

Date:

1497 March 20-1506 May 25.

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Latin, with some parts in Italian

Latin WIKIDATA

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 6], [79], [4] leaves, bound ; 33 cm (fol.)

Former Owner(s):

Stevens, Henry, Jr., 1819-1886

Henry Stevens WIKIDATA

Stevens, Henry Newton, 1855-1930

Stevens Henry Newton WIKIDATA

Note:

Title from Butler.
Place of production from colophon on recto of leaf [77]: "Hoc exiguu[m] opus edidit donus Bernardus Albi[n]gaunensis, monachus ceruarie professus: existens in eremitario Diue Marie Magdalene: apud Monte[m] Rubru[m]: a Genue Ligurie regionis ..."
First line of text is author's dedication to Bernardo Salvago of Genoa (verso of leaf [1]).
Text in black and red; large and small ornamental capitals in black and gold; part of text in two columns, with numerous elaborate astronomical charts, tables, and diagrams in red, black, and gold; marginal notes and alphabetical and numerical references in red and black.
Contemporary foliations in upper and lower corners of rectos are irregular; some leaves may be misbound or missing.
Bound with [6] blank leaves at front of text, and [4] blank leaves at end.
Memorial bookplate of Edward E. Ayer and the Henry Stevens Ptolemy Collection: "Begun in 1848 and since his death in 1886 continued by his son Henry Newton Stevens until acquired in 1898 by Edward E. Ayer."
Bookplate in red and black; woodcut vignette; illustrated woodcut compartmentalized borders in the Holbein style, containing corner monograms of Cl[audius] Pt[olemy]y and three previous owners of ms., and binder's name, "W. Pratt"; added ms. title: "Bernardus Albingavensis. Explanatio super cosmographer Ptolemei 1497-1502."
From the Visconti-Pallavicini collection; cf. leaf [4] at end; also De Ricci.
Acquired by Edward E. Ayer on May 15, 1911, possibly from Leo Olschki or Anton Hiersemann; cf De Ricci.
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Italian

Italy--Genoa

Regiomontanus, Joannes, 1436-1476. Calendarium

Geographia (Ptolemy)

Cosmography

Early works

Calendar

Bookplates

Specimens

Almanach perpetuum celestium motuum (Zacuto, Abraham ben Samuel)

Astronomy

Tables

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Geography

Institutional Record:

https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma991700488805867

IIIF Manifest:

https://collections.newberry.org/IIIF3/Presentation/Manifest/2KXJ8ZSQGH4PZ

Holding Institution:

Newberry Library