University of Pennsylvania, LJS 487

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS722

Shelfmark:

LJS 487

Title:

Treatises on astronomical instruments

Astronomical texts

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

between 1500 and 1599

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

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

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, ii (modern) + 12 + ii (modern); 112; 1-12, later foliation in ink, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 22-29 long lines. Some recto text affected by trimming at the right edge of the page.
Script: Written in Gothic cursive script.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Lettres soudées 9755 (Luxueil, 1518-1519; Dole, 1522-1530; Luxueil, 1531; Hamburg, 1533).
Binding: Modern quarter calf with marbled boards and endleaves; modern calligraphic Gothic inscription, Cy est manuscript de Astronomie, on flyleaf.
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).
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Latin

codices (bound manuscripts)

treatises

tables (documents)

Time measurements

Astronomical instruments

Astronomy

Early works

Sundials

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9956428933503681

IIIF Manifest:

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Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania