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Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Wroclaw, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, R 44

s. XV1 (1447, cf. colophon).

Or.:

copied in Montiss… (?) by ‘magistrum Borlin de Spira’, ‘scriptor’ of Nicolaus de Comitibus (cf. colophon).

Prov.:

Wroclaw, Stadtbibliothek (Rehdigeriana).

Paper, 133 f., a single neat hand, painted initial f. 1r. Blank: 133v. The MS is severely damaged (by moisture?) on the edges, so that the left column of the verso pages and the right column of the recto pages are mostly illegible. The damage seems to be posterior to 1915, since nothing is said about this in Ziegler’s catalogue.

Ptolemaica (single text). Blank: 133v-138v.

Bibl. K. Ziegler, Catalogus codicum Latinorum classicorum qui in Bibliotheca Urbica Wratislaviensi adservantur, Wroclaw, 1915, 7-8; P. O. Kristeller, Iter Italicum, IV, London-Leiden, 1989, 428.

1ra–⁠133rb

‘Incipit liber quadripartiti Ptholomei Pheludiani. Dixit Egidius de Thebaldis Longbardus de civitate Parmensi: Scire et intelligere gloriosum est quia omnis sapientia est a Deo… (1va) [text illegible]… (3ra) Capitulum primum primi tractatus libri quatuor partium Ptholomei Pheludiani. Textus: Res, Missori, quibus perficiuntur pronosticationes accepte de astrologia maiores et nobiliores sunt due— (129vb) posuit in hoc libro sunt regule et radices quibus ars ista componitur. Explicit. Benedictus sit Deus gloriosus et sublimis Deus illum dirigat qui scripsit et qui scribere fecit in secula seculorum. Amen. Explicit comentum Haly Abenrudyani super 4 tractatibus Quadripartiti Ptholomei. Incipiunt exempla tria nativitatum trium eiusdem Haly. Volo in hoc loco dare tibi exemplum trium nativitatum ut melius intelligas quidquid locuti sumus in eis, in primo est nativitas mea — hec sunt que tibi glosavi in quibus studium et mentem apponas et Deus te dirigat in viam rectam. Volui probare utrum iste auctor iudicaret secundum nonam speram vel secundum octavam et inveni per loca planetarum qui ponit in figura sue nativitatis quod ipse fuit annis Christi perfectis 986, 10 mensibus, 15 die Ianuarii, qua die equavi planetas secundum tabulas Mach<linienses> et inveni sic. Explicit liber quadripartiti Ptholomei cum comentis Haly Habenrudiam, conpletus in Montiss<…> (?) anno domini nostri Ihesu Christi 1447 die quarta Augusti per me magistrum Borlin de Spira tunc scriptorem magnifici domini Nicolai comitis de Comitibus Padue etc.’

= Haly Abenrudian, Glosa super Quadripartito Tholomei (C.2.2)

. Translator’s preface, 1ra-1va; Haly’s preface, 1va-3ra; I, 3ra-37ra; II, 37ra-68ra; III, 68ra-105vb; IV, 105vb-129vb; Haly’s appendix, 129vb-133rb; additional note, 133rb. No glosses.