Binding: Not bound. Other decoration, f. 1r-v: Paragraph marks in red and blue. Script, f. 1r-v: Gothic book hand. Layout, f. 1r-v: On this fragment of a leaf: 26 long lines.
Former Owner(s):
Name scribbled on the leaf, s. XVI (?): James <?>. This collection of English binding fragments was given to NYU by Homer Lewis Bartlett (1858-1940), who graduated in 1884 from NYU with a degree in Science and Civil Engineering; he married Clarice Sherman Noble in 1892; they had five children; by 1902, he was second vice-president of the Eastern District Savings Bank.
De Ricci states that the collection (of 101 fragments with 70 others laid into the album) was given to NYU in 1884 (the same year in which Homer L. Bartlett graduated).
Note:
Bibliography: De Ricci, p. 1346. f. 1r-v: Latin. f. 1r-v: Albertus Magnus, ed. by A. Borgnet, Opera Omnia (Paris 1890) 3:572-578 for his Liber II Meteorum, Tract. III, chapters 8-14 (= pp. 572-578). Incipit, f. 1r-v: narraverunt illi causam propter quam fit salsedo. Ut dixerunt <?> rerum qui d<?> quod sudor terre est salsus et illud salis maris aquarum ipsarum narraverunt omnes illi quod ex terra dulci egreditur//. Explicit, f. 1r-v: //<sed quod invenitur in consideratione stellarum, penitus est contrarium ei quod isti dicunt>ab illo, sol ergo et stelle non sunt cibate. Quidem autem alii dixerunt quod in principio constitutionis mundi terra fuit tota humida et cooperta aquis.
Do you have more information to share with the Holding Institution about this manuscript or would you like to suggest a correction? Contact information is available for member institutions via our member directory.
