University of Pennsylvania, LJS 490

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS725

Shelfmark:

LJS 490

Title:

Astronomical compilation

Astronomical text

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

1450?

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin, with some words in German (f. 54r, 55r, 89r)

Latin WIKIDATA

German WIKIDATA

Material:

paper, illustrations

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 91 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 213 x 145 (172 x 115) mm bound to 217 x 158 mm

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Paper, i (modern) + 91 + i (modern); 116 2-612 716(-1); [1-91], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Earlier modern foliation in pencil suggests that gatherings are missing at the beginning (the manuscript's extant first folio is numbered 36); between the third and fourth gatherings (where the earlier modern foliation skips from 75 (f. 40) to 113 (f. 41)); and between the...
Layout: Written in 33-35 long lines.
Script: Written in cursive Gothic script by multiple hands.
Decoration: Numerous diagrams (astronomical, f. 3r, 3v, 9v; related to sundials, f. 24v-25v; of quadrants, f. 62v, 63v; geometric, f. 41r-42v, 48r-48v, 51r-52v; astrological, f. 58r, 64r, 70v), mostly in ink, a few with red ink as well; rubrication and underlining in red and initials slashed with red in much of the manuscript (but not f. 26r-27v, 42v-52v, 63v-79v, 80v-91v); manicule (f. 10v).
Watermarks: Similar to Briquet Raisin 12995 (Eberbach, 1443-1449; Eppelsheim, 1445) and Tête de boeuf 15106, 15109, and 15110 (various German cities, 1452-1469).
Binding: Modern quarter parchment with pasteboards.
Origin: Written in the Baden-Württemberg region of Germany, possibly Heidelberg, ca. 1450 (f. 4v).
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Jan. 2008.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, German

Fifteenth century

Manuscripts, Renaissance

anthologies

Manuscripts, Latin

tables (documents)

diagrams

compilation manuscripts

treatises

codices (bound manuscripts)

Astronomy

Early works

Astrology

Astrolabes

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9951856793503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p36688k2v/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania