London, Institution of Electrical Engineers, Thompson 5 Century 15 Place of origin Italy Language Latin Previous owners William Bragge; his sale (7 June 1876) # 1. Pur. with the collection of Prof. Silvanus Thompson (1918). Height × width 136 x 95 No. of leaves 58 Gatherings 1-6^10 (-6//8,10) Binding leaves i + 58 + i Cover s. 19 English red morocco Type of writing Humanistic hand Width of columns 81 x 53 mm. Lineation 18 long lines Initials etc. Initials: (i) 3-line, gold on pink, blue, and green grounds patterned in white; (ii) 2-line, blue. Exlibris Bookplate of William Bragge Printed catalogs Ker I (1969) 91-2. Source Ker Type of source cat. Source’s source insp. Work 1Author standard Albertus Magnus Title (ms.) Speculum Incipit Occasione quorumdam librorum apud quos non est radix sciencie Printed copies Borgnet, Alberti Magni opera omnia X (1891) 629-50. Item no. 1 Folio no. 1-43 Rubric Incipit Speculum Fratris Alberti Magni. Prohemium. Explicit inueniuntur ab eodem causata et cetera. Colophon Explicit Speculum Alberti. Work 2Author (ms.) Tebith, Thebith Author standard Thabit ibn Qurra Title (ms.) De ymaginibus Incipit In nomineç (sic) dei pii et misericordia (sic) dixit aristoteles Qui legit philosophicam Printed copies Ed. Frankfurt (1599) Item no. 2 Folio no. 43v-56v Rubric Incipit Liber Ymaginum astronomicarum. Tebith. Feliciter. Incipit. Explicit et proficuum regionum cui gloria in perpetuum et in secula seculorum. Amen. Colophon Explicit Liber de ymaginibus Thebith. Deo gracias et sic est finis. Additional copies L. Thorndike, Mèlanges Auguste Pelzer (1947) p.235 lists 28 mss. Erfurt Q. 189 has the same ending as this.
