Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 250

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS4589

Shelfmark:

Lewis E 250

Title:

Treatise on the construction of an astrolabe

Author:

John of Seville ?

John of Seville WIKIDATA

Place:

Unknown

undetermined TGN

Date:

1400-1499

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: i+6+i; 214 x 165 mm bound to 220 x 169 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Gillingham, Harrold E. (Harrold Edgar), 1864-1954

Harrold E. Gillingham WIKIDATA

Note:

Binding: Paper boards
Layout: Frame-ruled in lead; single column of 35-40 lines; written area: 160 x 115 mm
Script: Gothic cursive
Decoration: Penwork initial marking incipit (fol. 1r)
Provenance: Gift of Harrold Edgar Gillingham (1864-1954) to the Free Library of Philadelphia; a pencil inscription on the first flyleaf gives the price in lire ("Lire 455 / 22 ½"), suggesting the manuscript was purchased in Italy

Keyword:

Cosmology

Fifteenth century

Science

Astronomy

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_250.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_250/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia