University of Pennsylvania, LJS 487

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS722

Shelfmark:

LJS 487

Title:

Treatises on astronomical instruments.

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

[between 1500 and 1599]

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 12 leaves : paper ; 184 x 136 (155-159 x 98) mm bound to 190 x 145 mm

Note:

Ms. codex.
Origin: Written in eastern France in the 16th century, perhaps Franche-Comté or Lyonnais in the first half of the 16th century (based on script and watermarks).
Title supplied by cataloger.
Binding: Modern quarter calf with marbled boards and endleaves; modern calligraphic Gothic inscription, Cy est manuscript de Astronomie, on flyleaf.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Lettres soudées 9755 (Luxueil, 1518-1519; Dole, 1522-1530; Luxueil, 1531; Hamburg, 1533).
Script: Written in Gothic cursive script.
Layout: Written in 22-29 long lines. Some recto text affected by trimming at the right edge of the page.
Foliation: Paper, ii (modern) + 12 + ii (modern); 1¹²; 1-12, later foliation in ink, upper right recto.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Latin

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

tables (documents)

treatises

Sundials

Astronomical instruments

Astronomy

Time measurements

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9956428933503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3830h/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania