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Jordanus


Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 357

Century 14 med.
Language French | Latin
Material Chart. | Membr.
Format 4
No. of leaves 216
Binding leaves (71-178, 27-38) Thick paper of the most ancient appearance, with a few leaves of vellum inserted; (1-26, 39-70, 179-216) different kinds of ancient paper.
Marginal annotations The signatures show that these valuable mathematical tracts were formed into a volume early in s. 15.
Printed catalogs W.H. Black, Catalogue of the Manuscripts bequeathed unto the University of Oxford by E. Ashmole (1845) 266-8. F. Madan, H.H.E. Craster & N. Denholm-Young, A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford II 2 (1937) 1116 # 6643-4 & 6646-7.
Source Black (1845) | Folkerts
Type of source cat. | pvt. notes
Source’s source insp.
Work 1Title (ms.) Varia, inter quae:
Work 2Author standard Amanus
Title (ms.) Carmen de arte computandi per digitos
Incipit Computus est talis proprie dictus Manualis
Additional remarks The second leave seems to be lost.
Folio no. 1-5
Explicit Anno bisexti vult una (dies) superaddi.
Colophon Explicit compotus.
Work 3Title (ms.) A puzzle
Incipit iij conques voeult a prendre adescanter
Printed catalogs C. Singer & D.W. Singer, Hand-list of scientific MSS. in the British Isles dating from before the sixteenth century # 219; cf. D.W.Singer, Transactions of the Bibliographical Society 15 (1917-9).
Folio no. 6
Work 4Additional names Amanus
Title (ms.) Commentarius in carmen quod est dictum "Computus manualis"
Incipit Compotus. Iste est liber compoti Amani in quo ipse Amanus nobis metrice ostendit invencionem quinque festorum mobilium secundum cursum solis et lune
Folio no. 7-26b
Explicit It ends with the last line of 1-5 (which is the text of this commentary).
Colophon Explicit Compotus.
Work 5Author standard Hermes | Stephanus de Messana
Title (ms.) Amphorismi astronomici
Incipit Dixit Hermes quod sol et luna post dominum omnium vivencium vita sunt multorum. Propositio prima.
Folio no. 53-7b
Rubric Incipiunt amphorismi astronomici. Domino Manfredo inclito Regi Cecilie Stephanus de Messana hos flores de scientijs astronomie domini Hermetis transtulit.
Colophon Explicit tractatus de Judiciis 100 propositionum.
Glosses etc. The title "Hermetis aphorismi astron: interprete Stephano de Messano" has been written by a more modern hand at the beginning". Another ancient hand added: "Expliciunt flores Hermetis termegesti criosa theostenes".
Work 6Title (ms.) De numeris quadratis annotatio
Incipit Omnis numerus cubicus multiplicatus in se
Printed catalogs C. Singer & D.W. Singer, Hand-list of scientific MSS. in the British Isles dating from before the sixteenth century # 219; cf. D.W.Singer, Transactions of the Bibliographical Society 15 (1917-9).
Folio no. 57b
Work 7Author standard Gerardus Cremonensis
Title (ms.) Libri astronomie (numero duodecim)
Folio no. 57b
Rubric Isti sunt libri astronomie quos transtulit Gerardus Cremonensis de Arabico in Latinum.
Work 8Author standard Betem
Title (ms.) Centiloquium
Contents This tract consists of 100 sentences written continuously (not separately as 58-63b).
Incipit Primo scias quod planete quando sunt
Folio no. 67b-9b
Rubric Centiloquium Betem. Nunc inchoabo librum de consuetudinibus et judicijs stellarum.
Colophon Explicit centiloquium bethem.
Work 9Author standard Euclides
Title (ms.) Undecimus (liber)
Incipit Corpus est quod longitudinem et latitudinem et altitudinem habet
Folio no. 71-5b | 71r-5v
Rubric Incipit undecimus (liber) Euclidis.
Work 10Author (ms.) Ametus filius Joseph'
Author standard Ahmad ben Yusuf
Title (ms.) De proportione et proportionalitate
Incipit Jam respondi tibi ut scias quod quesivisti
Printed catalogs C. Singer & D.W. Singer, Hand-list of scientific MSS. in the British Isles dating from before the sixteenth century # 141; cf. D.W.Singer, Transactions of the Bibliographical Society 15 (1917-9).
Publ. descriptions M. Steinschneider, Iusuf ben Ibrahim und Ahmed ben Iusuf, Bibliotheca Mathematica, NF 2 (1888) 112.
Facsimiles M. Clagett & J.E. Murdoch, Medieval Mathematics, Physics and Philosophy: A Revised Catalogue of Photographic Reproductions, Manuscripta 2 (1958) 136.
Folio no. 76-90b | 76r-90v
Rubric Incipit epistola Ameti filii Joseph' de proportione et de proportionalitate.
Explicit est sufficiens natura et tutor bonus.
Colophon Finis epistola Ameti filij Josep de proporcione et de proporcionali(ta)te.
Math. drawings The diagrams of this mathematical tract are drawn on the margins, as in 71-5b.
Work 11Title (ms.) Tractatus de radiis (inc. ?)
Incipit Oportet postquam optamus complere artes doctrinales
Additional remarks It ends on a full quire, and the next article begins on a vellum leaf, inserted in s. 15 to fill up the imperfection of its beginning. Beside the diagrams drawn on the margins and in the text, there are some inserted on small schedules, or pieces of parchment, bound in between the leaves; namely after 110, 114 (this is a large piece of paper having part of the draught of some index on one side), 118, 165, 169 (paper), and after 173 and 174 are two in each place.
Folio no. 91-6b
Rubric Tractatus de radiis et umbris et aliis ad perspectivam pertinentibus.
Explicit cum tabula transi^te per lineas u et
Math. drawings with diagrams
Work 12Author standard Jeberus
Title (ms.) De sciencia forme motuum solis et lune
Contents In the beginning of this work are many remarks on the books of Ptolemaeus, Theodosius, and Milius.
Incipit Sciencia species habet, quarum melior post scienciam fidei
Additional remarks The number of each of these tracts or books is usually noted on the corner of the leaves. The catchword is partly cut off.
Folio no. 97-178b
Rubric Liber Jeberi continens tractatus novem (de sciencia forme motuum solis et lune et stellarum et cognicionis orbium earum)