Wroclaw, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, R 43
s. XIIIex-XIVin.
Prov.:Wroclaw, Stadtbibliothek (Rehdigeriana).
Parchment, I+166 f., a single neat hand, decorated initials.
Ptolemaica (single text). F. Ir: ‘Almagestes (!) Ptholomei de motibus astrorum’ (later hand). Blank: Iv, 166v.
Lit.
K. Ziegler, Catalogus codicum Latinorum classicorum qui in Bibliotheca Urbica Wratislaviensi adservantur, Wroclaw, 1915, 7; P. Kunitzsch, Der Sternkatalog des Almagest. Die arabisch-mittelalterliche Tradition, II, Wiesbaden, 1990, 14.
1ra‑166rb |
‘Incipit liber Almagetes (!) Ptholomei de motibus astrorum [title in upper margin, apparently by the scribe]. Quidam princeps nomine Albuguafe in libro suo quem scienciarum electionem et verborum nominavit… (1va) Capitulum primum de huius sciencie ad alias excellencia et finis eius utilitate. Bonum domine fuit quod sapientibus non deviantibus visum est — abbreviacionem, arroganciam et collaudacionem, tunc iam sequitur et honestum est ut ponamus hic finem libro.’ = Ptolemy, Almagesti (tr. Gerard of Cremona) (A.1.2), Class A. Translator’s preface, 1ra-1va; I, 1va-12va; II, 12va-29v; III, 30ra-38ra; IV, 38ra-51va; V, 51va-67rb; VI, 67va-81v; VII, 82ra-92ra; VIII, 92rb-101ra; IX, 101rb-115ra; X, 115ra-125vb; XI, 125vb-140vb; XII, 140vb-152rb; XIII, 152rb-166rb. Numbers are given in a mixture of Roman and Arabic numerals. A few short marginal notes by a least two later hands f. 3r-3v, 5v, 17v-18r, 20v, 21v-23v, 32r, 33r-34r, 35r, 36v-39r, 44r-44v, 62v, 70v-73r, 84r. |
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