Gloucester, Cathedral Library, 21.

Scribe(s)	Mostly written by John Argentine (provost of King's College, Cambridge, d. 1508), except 1-4/8, 5v-6, 10rv, 12rv, 115v/15-134v, 203v/18-219, 229v-232. For John Argentine see also, C.H. Talbot & E.A. Hammond, The Medical Practitioners in medieval England (1965) 112.
Short title	Astrologica, astronomica, meteorologica
Century	15/II
Place of origin	England
Language	Latin
Owner’s notes	(1) "Henricus Fowler: 1627".
Previous owners	Presumably the "De Planetis, etc. 4º MS.", # (10) in the list of his son's gifts in the Benefactors' Book, 25: cf. GloC 6.
Height × width	212 x 150
No. of leaves	I + 240 + i
Numbering	ff. (i), 1-157, 157*, 158-239 (240)
Gatherings	1^8 2^4 3-12^8 13^(+1) 14-21^8 22^8(+1) 23-30^8 31^4
Cover	s. 19
No. of hands	Several hands
Type of writing	Secretary
Width of columns	c. 150 x 100 mm.
Lineation	Frame ruling; 29-36 long lines
Initials etc.	Initials mainly red, plain or with green or pale-brown ornament, but also gold (13), purple (for example, 49v, 69), and green with purple ornament (17). As far as 75 capital letters in the ink of the text are touched with red. Purple ink for some headings.
Marginal annotations	Argentine's hand shows some humanistic influence and has the spelling "christi".
Exlibris	(238v) "Questo libro e mio Zoan Argentem", is nearly the usual form of Argentine's ex-libris (cf. Rhodes, loc. cit., 208.
Printed catalogs	Ker II (1977) 952-5.
Publ. descriptions	D.E. Rhodes, "Provost Argentine of King's and his Books", Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society, 2 (1956) 211.
Source	Ker
Type of source	cat.
Source’s source	insp.

Work 1	Title (ms.)	Miscellaneous notes
	Contents	Two quires of miscellaneous notes, including a piece beginning "Considera signum ascensus" (1-4) and one headed "Geomantia" (7), a note "Arturus rex obiit anno christi 540 12 calend' Iunii' (9), a note of the longitudes of Cambridge, Norwich, Oxford, and London (9) and horoscopes of Edward V, 2 Nov. "anno domini 1470 imperfecto" and of Edward IV, 27 Apr. 1442, "secundum calculacionem M. Ioh' Arg' set calculabat secundum tabulas Norwici" (9v) (cf. 136-82v). "quod Argentem" (11v).
	Folio no.	1-12v
Work 2	Author standard	Robertus Grosseteste
	Title (ms.)	Tractatus optimus conclusionem Astrolabii
	Incipit	Astrolabii circulos et membra nominatim
	Publ. descriptions	S.H. Thomson, The Writings of Grosseteste (1940) 243. Included among the spuria of Grosseteste by Thomson, who notes 3 manuscripts.
	Folio no.	13-6
	Explicit	profunditatem.
	Colophon	Explicit Tractatus optimus conclusionum Astrolabii.
	Glosses etc.	(13) The scribe (Argentine) wrote "Argentem pimpe" in Greek capitals (cf. 17-33, 196v-201).
	Additional copies	GOxfB Bodley 790, 108
Work 3	Author standard	Simon Bredon \| Walter Brit
	Title (ms.)	Theorica planetarum
	Incipit	Circulus eccentricus circulus egresse cuspidis et circulus egredientis
	Additional remarks	Walter Brit (attr. in OxfB Digby 15, 58); Simon Bredon (attr. in OxfB Digby 48, 96)
	Folio no.	17-33
	Explicit	et non retrog(r)aditur.
	Colophon	Finit theorica planetarum. etc.
	Glosses etc.	"Argent" and (in Greek capitals) "pimpe" in red ink at the end.
	Additional copies	GOxfB Digby 15; GOxfB Digby 48.
Work 4	Title (ms.)	Notes and tables
	Contents	Including the description of a "Nocturnale" and a list of towns with their latitudes and longitudes.
	Folio no.	33v-7
Work 5	Author (ms.)	Habraam Amenesire
	Author standard	Abraham ibn Ezra
	Title (ms.)	Introductorius
	Incipit	Sex sunt signa
	Printed copies	Printed in 1507.
	Folio no.	37v-68
	Explicit	in libro fructus finit.
	Colophon	Hunc librum edidit Habraam Amenesire quod interpretatur magister adiutorii. quod Argentem.
	Glosses etc.	(37v) "Hic deficit principium introductorii".
Work 6	Title (ms.)	Tractatus optimus et certissimus
	Incipit	Mundus iste duodecim signis regitur
	Folio no.	69-99v
	Explicit	reuerti ei deterius et e conuerso.
	Colophon	Finit tractatus optimus et certissimus. `Argentyne'.
	Glosses etc.	(69) "liber iste intitulatur liber sapientie Alii dicunt quod est liber zael"
Work 7	Author (ms.)	Roger Bultynbroke
	Author standard	Roger Bollyngbroke
	Title (ms.)	De 12 domibus
	Incipit	Si questio fiat de vita
	Additional remarks	For Roger Bollyngbroke, convicted of necromancy and hung at St. Paul`s Cross, 18 Nov. 1441, cf. A.B. Emden, A Biographical Register of the University of Cambridge to 1500 (1963) 214. His Geomancy is not known.
	Folio no.	100-4v
	Rubric	Incipiunt capitula de naturis 12^cim domorum secundum Magistrum Rogerum Bultynbroke in sua geomancia.
	Explicit	in peiore ponetur etc.
	Colophon	Finit tractatus de 12 domibus secundum m.R.B.
Work 8	Author (ms.)	Roger Bultyngbroke
	Author standard	Roger Bollyngbroke
	Title (ms.)	De qualitatibus signorum
	Incipit	Aries est signum masculinum mobile calide
	Additional remarks	For Roger Bollyngbroke, convicted of necromancy and hung at St. Paul`s Cross, 18 Nov. 1441, cf. A.B. Emden, A Biographical Register of the University of Cambridge to 1500 (1963) 214. His Opus tripartitum is not known.
	Folio no.	104v-5v
	Rubric	Incipit secundum eundem.
	Explicit	et de similibus.
	Colophon	Explicit capitulum de qualitatibus signorum secundum magistrum Rogerum Bultyngbroke in opere tripartio.
Work 9	Title (ms.)	De diebus creticis
	Incipit	Sicut dicit commentator super 60 verbo centiloquii
	Publ. descriptions	Cf. L. Thorndike, History of Magic 3 217, for the De diebus criticis of Hugo de Civitate Castellis, fl. 1350, which begins like thus.
	Folio no.	107-9v
	Explicit	in vno signo tantum
	Colophon	Finit feliciter de diebus creticis etc.
Work 10	Title (ms.)	Liber natiuitatum
	Incipit	Dixit Messahallah quod inter omnes libros astronomie
	Folio no.	110v-34v
	Explicit	non habere inimicos.
	Colophon	Explicit liber natiuitatum etc'. `secundum Messahalla etc'.'
	T & K	TK
Work 11	Title (ms.)	Tables
	Incipit	Cum numero horarum
	Folio no.	136-8v
	Rubric	Canones tabularum sequentium. et sunt tabule Willelmi Norwich et eciam canones sui. Horas et minuta de die transacta in ascensiones reducere.
	Explicit	in proposito.
Work 12	Title (ms.)	Astronomical tables
	Contents	One of them (156-60v) headed "Tabula reperiendi principia domorum calculata ad latitudinem ciuitatis norwici. que latitudo est 52 gra et 42 minuta et est tabula Willelmi Norwiche monachi sancte fidis".
	Folio no.	140-61v
Work 13	Title (ms.)	A canon
	Contents	A canon referring to the tables on 156-60v.
	Folio no.	162
	Glosses etc.	(162) The scribe (Argentine) added a note at the foot which ends "Hanc lineam horarum et minutorum addidit Ioh' Argenten ad tabulas Willelmi Norwhich' et hunc canonem edidit anno domini 1477 imperfecto." (162v) Radices of planets for 1476 are in his hand.
Work 14	Author (ms.)	Iohannes Holbroke \| John Holbrook
	Author standard	Johannes Holbroke \| John Holbrook
	Title (ms.)	Tables
	Additional remarks	Holbrooke, master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, d. 1437, see A.B. Emden, A Biographical Register of the University of Cambridge to 1500 (1963)
	Folio no.	163-70
	Rubric	Tabule Magistri Iohannis Holbroke fundate super verissimam anni quantitatem et facte erant graui diligencia cantebrig' Anno domini 1433º.
Work 15	Title (ms.)	Tables "alfonsi"
Work 15	Folio no.	170rv
Work 16	Author standard	William Norwich
	Title (ms.)	Tables
	Additional remarks	William Norwich (monk of Horsham St. Faith) (attr.)
	Folio no.	171rv
Work 17	Title (ms.)	Tables of equations of planets
	Additional remarks	The text appears to go with 171rv.
	Folio no.	172-81
Work 18	Author standard	John Holbroke
	Title (ms.)	Tables
	Additional remarks	For Holbrooke, master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, d. 1437, see A.B. Emden, A Biographical Register of the University of Cambridge to 1500 (1963).
	Folio no.	181v-2v
Work 19	Title (ms.)	Rules for calculating conjunctions "secundum Willelmum monachum sancte fidis iuxta Norwichum".
Work 19	Folio no.	183rv
Work 20	Title (ms.)	Rules "Pro locis planetarum querendis per tabulas Holbroke siue Alfonsi".
	Folio no.	184-7
	Blank leaves	187v
Work 21	Title (ms.)	Tables "minutorum proporcionabilium secundum arzachelem".
Work 21	Folio no.	188v-95
Work 22	Title (ms.)	Canon tabule precedentis.
	Contents	The text is the canon referring to the tables on 188v-95.
	Incipit	Volumus istam tabulam exponere que est de parte proporcionali habenda
	Folio no.	195-6v
	Explicit	quod extrahitur.
	Colophon	Finit canon.
Work 23	Title (ms.)	Composicio astrorum speculi generalis
	Incipit	Hoc autem opus
	Folio no.	196v-201
	Rubric	Incipit composicio astrorum speculi generalis.
	Prolog	Ad laudem et honorem summi dei nostri et ad preces quorundam sociorum meorum ac nostrorum opus incepi astrorum speaculi generalis secundum principia et questiones ptholomei et composui nouariensis.
	Explicit	Habeatur lamina rotunda
	Colophon	situacio perpendiculi a C datur. Finit feliciter.
	Glosses etc.	(199v) "Composicio huius instrumenti est in libro spisso in libraria aule gunuyle" in red ink (cf. 201v-19). (197v) "Argentem pimpe" in Greek capitals (cf. 13-33).
	Math. drawings	(199v, 200) Diagrams have not been filled in.
	Additional copies	A copy in GCamU, Ii. 1.13, 26v-28.
	T & K	TK
Work 24	Author standard	Arzachel \| Willelmus Anglicus
	Title (ms.)	Astrolabium
	Incipit	Siderei motus et effectus motuum
	Publ. descriptions	L. Thorndike, History of Magic 3 201.
	Additional remarks	61 chapters
	Folio no.	201v-19
	Rubric	Incipit tractatus de saphea.
	Explicit	2arum horarum si deus voluerit.
	Colophon	Explicit liber tabule que nominatur Saphea et vocatur Astrolabium arzachelis. Argentem.
	Glosses etc.	(202v) A red-ink note refers to another copy at CamCG (cf. 196v-201): "Composicio instrumenti in libro quodam pendente in libraria aule gunuyle".
	Math. drawings	(202v-3) The diagrams are unfinished.
	Additional copies	GCamCG (cf. 196v-201)
Work 25	Title (ms.)	Tractatus de libro perscrutatoris de pluuia et gelu et tonitruo
	Incipit	Nota secundum perscrutatorem
	Publ. descriptions	Cf. L. Thorndike, History of Magic 3 678. N.R. Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries.
	Folio no.	220-4
	Rubric	Incipit tractatus extractus de libro perscrutatoris de pluuia et gelu et tonitruo et ceteris huiusmodi.
	Explicit	et hec sunt pro maiori parte secundum perscrutatorem eboracensem.
	Colophon	Finit feliciter.
Work 26	Author standard	Robertus Grosseteste
	Title (ms.)	De impressionibus aeris
	Incipit	Ad pronosticandam diuersam aeris disposicionem futuram propter diuersitatem motuum superiorum
	Publ. descriptions	S.H. Thomson, The Writings of Robert Grosseteste (1940) 103-4.
	Printed copies	Ed. L. Bauer, Die philosophischen Werke des Robert Grosseteste, Beiträge zur Geschichte der Philosophie des Mittelalters 9 (1912) 42-51.
	Folio no.	224v-7
	Rubric	Flores alkabucii.
	Explicit	aspexerunt se in signis aquosis.
	Colophon	Expliciunt flores alkabicii astronomia.
	Glosses etc.	(227-8) Astrological notes, "<S>et in signis sunt gradus qui dicuntur putei ... et caudam eius in 7º signo ab eo etc."
	Additional copies	Thomson, Grosseteste, 103-4, lists seventeen manuscripts, but not this one.
Work 27	Author standard	Albumasar \| Hugo Sanctallensis
	Title (ms.)	Liber imbrium
	Incipit	Superioris discipline inconcussam
	Folio no.	228v-32
	Rubric	Incipit liber Saphar de mutacione temporis qui dicitur deazar babilonensis.
	Explicit	ascribitur efficacie.
	T & K	TK (Albumazar, Liber imbrium)
Work 28	Author (ms.)	Messahalach
	Author standard	Messahala
	Title (ms.)	Liber super anona
	Incipit	Attendendum `est' ergo ad hoc quod dicam
	Folio no.	232v-5
	Rubric	Incipit liber Messahalach quem edidit propter vnum de amicis qui erat mercator cum quo fecit societatem et lucrati sunt in paruo tempore magnam pecuniam.
	Explicit	vtile venditori. Finit.
	T & K	TK (Liber super anona)
Work 29	Scribe(s)	Mainly in Argentine's hand.
	Title (ms.)	Lists headed "Fortuna planetarum", etc.
	Contents	Including: Lists headed "Fortuna planetarum", "Infortuna planetarum", "Fortitudines planetarum", "Debilitates planetarum", with the additions of Eschendon and Zael.
	Folio no.	236rv
Work 30	Scribe(s)	Mainly in Argentine's hand.
	Title (ms.)	A "rota paschalis"
	Folio no.	238v
Work 31	Scribe(s)	Mainly in Argentine's hand.
	Title (ms.)	Lists showing the "Motus stellarum fixarum", etc.
	Contents	Lists showing the "Motus stellarum fixarum" and the "Distancia capitis arietis 8^e spere a capite arietis 9^e spere"in degrees and minutes, according to Ptolemy and later calculators: the last two are Simon Bredon and William Worcester.
	Folio no.	239v
Work 32	Scribe(s)	Mainly in Argentine's hand.
	Title (ms.)	Astronomical notes made "ad meridiem Cantebrigie" in 1480.
	Folio no.	239v
Work 33	Title (ms.)	Figura ptholemei
	Incipit	Figura ptholemei
	Additional remarks	Filled in blank space after 105v.
	Folio no.	105v-6
	Explicit	pro scienda quabdo et qualiter morbi habere debeant suas determinaciones.
Work 34	Additional names	Messahala
	Title (ms.)	Notes from "Messahalla in libro de Receptione" and from Roger of Hereford
	Additional remarks	Filled in blank space after 134v.
	Folio no.	110, 135v
Work 35	Title (ms.)	Cum volueris scire vtrum aliqua res
	Incipit	Cum volueris scire vtrum aliqua res est cara vel vilis
	Additional remarks	Filled in blank space after 138v.
	Folio no.	138v-9v
Work 36	Title (ms.)	Tables with "quod Argentem" at the end
	Additional remarks	Filled in blank space after 187v.
	Folio no.	188
Work 37	Scribe(s)	Filled in blank spaces after 16, 68, 109v, 224, 235.
	Title (ms.)	Miscellaneous pieces
	Folio no.	16v, 68rv, 110, 224, 235v