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[Calendarium and ephemerides]

Available Online: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p36t0gx4z
Title: [Calendarium and ephemerides]
Name: Regiomontanus, Joannes, 1436-1476, Benediktinerstift Lambach (former owner), J. Paul Getty Museum (former owner)
Date: 1500
Collection: Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Item Type: Text
Physical Format: Codices (bound manuscripts), Devotional calendars, Almanacs, Ephemerides, Tables (Data), Manuscripts, Renaissance, manuscripts (documents)
Description: Manuscript copy of the Calendarium and Ephemerides as published by Regiomontanus in 1474. The Calendarium, for 1475-1530, gives information on lunar and solar eclipses, the length of days, and the signs of the zodiac and planets. Also includes a table of time corrections (f. 11v) for cities in reference to a longitude of approximately 10 degrees east (thus making no correction for Braunschweig, Nuremberg, Ulm, or Milan). The Ephemerides, consisting only of tables updated to begin in 1480 and ending in 1506, provides positions for the sun, moon, and planets for each day of each year. The beginning of each year is marked with a finding tab of leather or parchment dyed pink. A liturgical calendar at the beginning of the manuscript (lacking November) includes additions to the printed version which customize the calendar for a Benedictine monastery (Saint Maurus, 15 Jan.; commemoration of Adalbero, 6 Oct.) in southern Germany or Austria (Valentinus, bishop of Passau, 7 Jan.; Rupert, bishop of Salzburg, 27 Mar.; Ulrich of Augsburg, 4 July; Koloman, patron saint of Austria, 13 Oct.), and more specifically the Benedictine abbey in Lambach, Austria (feast and translation of Kilian, patron saint of the abbey, 7 and 14 Jul.).
Extent: 377 leaves : paper and parchment, color illustrations ; 162 x 120 (123 x 92) mm bound to 173 x 148 mm
Language: Latin
Coverage: Early works to 1800
Note: Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloger., Table of contents: 1. f.1r-11v: [Liturgical calendar], Table of contents: 2. f.12r-20r: [Calendarium], Table of contents: 3. f.22r-377r: Almanach [Ephemerides], Collation: Paper and parchment, 377 + v; 1¹⁰ 2¹²⁻¹ 3¹⁴ 4-5¹⁴⁻¹ 6-8¹⁴ 9-11¹⁴⁻¹ 12¹⁶⁻² 13¹⁴ 14-24¹⁴⁻¹ 25¹⁴⁻² 26-29¹⁴⁻¹; 3 parchment bifolia (f. 54-55, 68-69, 240-241); [1-237, 237-376], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Link to collation model at end of record., Layout: Written in 35 lines, in varying numbers of columns; ruled in faint ink, with vertical bounding lines; pricking visible on 3 sides of leaves throughout., Script: Written in Gothic script., Decoration: Illustrations of eclipses in brown and yellow, 6 per page (f. 12r-16v), and 1 or 2 illustrations of eclipses on the opening page of most years in the Ephemerides, (for example, 37r, 49r, 63r, and 103r); rubrication in red; tables in black and red throughout., Watermark: Briquet Balance 2450 and/or Piccard, Group IV (170-206) and Group V (299-300), in use in Austria and southern Germany, 1467-1475., Binding: Original leather over wooden boards, blind-stamped with cornerpieces, bosses, and 2 clasps; bound at the Benedictine abbey in Lambach (K. Holter, Die Buchbinderwerksatt des Stiftes Lambach); spine restored., Origin: Written in Upper Austria, probably Lambach, ca. 1500., Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative., Latin.
Relation: Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1338711, The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278, Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p36t0gx4z, Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs300.html, Collation model: http://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/56
Subject: Astronomy -- Early works to 1800, Astronomy, Astronomy -- Tables, Ephemerides -- Early works to 1800, Monastic libraries -- Austria -- Lambach (Upper Austria), Monastic libraries, Ephemerides
Geographic Subject: Austria -- Lambach (Upper Austria)
Physical Location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 300
Provenance: Originally owned by the Benedictine abbey of Lambach., Formerly owned by Duke Gabor Festetics von Tolna (Keszthely, Hungary; armorial bookplate, inside upper cover; stamp, "Bibliotheca in Keszthely," f. 1r)., Appears in V. A. Heck's cat. IV (Vienna, ca. 1922)., Sold by Laurence Witten to Harrison D. Horblit, 1957., Sold by H. P. Kraus to Irene and Peter Ludwig (Aachen, Germany; bookplates by Hans Erni inside lower cover; ms. XII.9)., Purchased by the J. Paul Getty Museum (Malibu, Calif.), 1983., Appears in Jörn Günther's catalog 5 (1997), no. 29; also his Recent Acquisitions (with Bruce Ferrini, Autumn 1997), p. 23., Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, April 1999., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2019., Festetics von Tolna, Gabor, Graf, former owner., Horblit, Harrison D., former owner., Ludwig, Peter, 1925-1996, former owner., Ludwig, Irene, former owner.
Rights: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Bibnumber: 9949184223503681

IIIF manifest: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p36t0gx4z/manifest

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Metadata

DS ID:: DS612
Shelfmark:: LJS 300
Title:: Calendarium and ephemerides

Calendar

Ephemerides
Author:: Regiomontanus, Joannes, 1436-1476

Regiomontanus WIKIDATA
Place:: Lambach?, Austria

Lambach TGN

Austria TGN
Date:: circa 1500

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT
Language:: Latin

Latin WIKIDATA
Material:: paper and parchment, color illustrations

Paper AAT

Parchment AAT
Physical Description:: Extent: 377 leaves : paper and parchment, color illustrations ; 162 x 120 (123 x 92) mm bound to 173 x 148 mm
Former Owner(s):: Festetics von Tolna, Gabor, Graf

Gabor Fastetics von Tolna WIKIDATA
Horblit, Harrison D

Harrison Horblit WIKIDATA
Ludwig, Peter, 1925-1996

Peter Ludwig WIKIDATA
Ludwig, Irene

Irene Ludwig WIKIDATA
Benediktinerstift Lambach

Lambach Abbey WIKIDATA
J. Paul Getty Museum

J. Paul Getty Museum WIKIDATA
Note:: Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Paper and parchment, 377 + v; 110 212−1 314 4-514−1 6-814 9-1114−1 1216−2 1314 14-2414−1 2514−2 26-2914−1; 3 parchment bifolia (f. 54-55, 68-69, 240-241); [1-237, 237-376], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Link to collation model at end of record.
Layout: Written in 35 lines, in varying numbers of columns; ruled in faint ink, with vertical bounding lines; pricking visible on 3 sides of leaves throughout.
Script: Written in Gothic script.
Decoration: Illustrations of eclipses in brown and yellow, 6 per page (f. 12r-16v), and 1 or 2 illustrations of eclipses on the opening page of most years in the Ephemerides, (for example, 37r, 49r, 63r, and 103r); rubrication in red; tables in black and red throughout.
Watermark: Briquet Balance 2450 and/or Piccard, Group IV (170-206) and Group V (299-300), in use in Austria and southern Germany, 1467-1475.
Binding: Original leather over wooden boards, blind-stamped with cornerpieces, bosses, and 2 clasps; bound at the Benedictine abbey in Lambach (K. Holter, Die Buchbinderwerksatt des Stiftes Lambach); spine restored.
Origin: Written in Upper Austria, probably Lambach, ca. 1500.
Originally owned by the Benedictine abbey of Lambach.
Formerly owned by Duke Gabor Festetics von Tolna (Keszthely, Hungary; armorial bookplate, inside upper cover; stamp, "Bibliotheca in Keszthely," f. 1r).
Appears in V. A. Heck's cat. IV (Vienna, ca. 1922).
Sold by Laurence Witten to Harrison D. Horblit, 1957.
Sold by H. P. Kraus to Irene and Peter Ludwig (Aachen, Germany; bookplates by Hans Erni inside lower cover; ms. XII.9).
Purchased by the J. Paul Getty Museum (Malibu, Calif.), 1983.
Appears in Jörn Günther's catalog 5 (1997), no. 29; also his Recent Acquisitions (with Bruce Ferrini, Autumn 1997), p. 23.
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, April 1999.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2019.
Keyword:: Manuscripts, Renaissance

Almanacs

Manuscripts, Latin

Sixteenth century

codices (bound manuscripts)

Fifteenth century

Finding tabs

Tables (Data)

Ephemerides

devotional calendars

Astronomy

Tables

Monastic libraries

Austria--Lambach (Upper Austria)

Astronomy--Tables

Early works
Institutional Record:: https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9949184223503681
IIIF Manifest:: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p36t0gx4z/manifest
Holding Institution:: University of Pennsylvania

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