Cambridge, Clare College, 15 Old shelfmarks Kk.4.2 Short title Astronomica Century 13 Precise date 1280 (c.) Language Latin Owner’s notes (on the fly-leas; in a late s. 15 hand) "Ex dono M^ri Johannis Dewe quondam socii huius collegii." (on the next leaf) "humfredus de la pole. 1501º.s. xxx^s. Humphrey de la Pole was 3rd son of John, Duke of Suffolk. He was admitted pensioner of Gonville Hall in 1510. Material Membr. Height × width 12 5/8 x 9 1/4 in. No. of leaves 190 + 4 Numbering Leaves wrongly numbered in an old hand <James is using this old foliation>. Gatherings a^2 1^10(10 canc.) 2-11^12 12^10 13^12 14^6 15^8 16^8 17^12(1, 2 canc.) 18^4 19^8 20^8 6^2 = 2 + 190 + 2. 2 fo. brium vel. Cover Binding: wooden boards covered with brown leather, with blind cross-hatchings. No. of hands Verschiedene Hände. Type of writing In a somewhat pointed hand. No. of columns 2 cols. (mostly) Lineation 55 lines (mostly) Initials etc. Initials in good style. Printed catalogs James, M.R., A Descriptive Catalogue of the Western Manuscripts in the Library of Clare College, Cambridge (1905) 28-34. Source James, Clare College (1905) Type of source cat. Source’s source insp. Work 1Title (ms.) Varia, inter quae: Contents On the first leaf is an old table of contents (s. 14 in.) in a large hand: In isto uolumine hec continentur. 1. Liber ymbrium quem edidit hermannus. Liber pluuiarum iafor egipciaci. 3. Epistola alkindi de aeribus et plu(uiis). 4. Haly de electionibus. 5. Astralabium iohannis yspalensis. 6. Liber de astrologia mundi (secundum Ibimhaicen; added). 7. Albohaly de natiuitatibus. 8. Dorocheus de occultis. (This text was seen by Leland at Clare; Coll. IV. p. 19) 9. Messahalla de interpretatione cogi^is. Epistola messahalla. 11. Messahalla de recepcionibus. 12. Aoumar thyberiadis de natiuitatibus. 13. Astronomia quedam. 14. Liber nouem Iudicum. 15. Liber alfadhol in auguriis stellicis. 16. Flores albumasar de electionibus. (Added. 17. Liber geomancie. 18. Practica auium canum et equorum.) Work 2Author (ms.) Iohannes Hispalensis (tr.) Author standard Johannes Hispalensis Title (ms.) De sciencia astrolabii Incipit Primum horum est armilla per quam suspenditur astrolabium Folio no. 24- Rubric In nomine dei inc. liber de sciencia astrolabii a mag. Iohanne Hispalensi de arabico in latinum translatus in quo sunt 40 capitula. Primum cap. in mencione astrolabii et nominum super se cadencium. Explicit Et ex hoc quod diximus scitur quantum transierit de annis Christi ex annis arabum si deus uoluerit. Colophon Expl. Liber Astrolabii. Work 3Title (ms.) Capitulum in quadratura Incipit Capitulum in quadratura Folio no. 47b Rubric Sciencia hylesgh secundum albumasar.
