| Work 1 | Title (ms.) |
Varia, inter quae: |
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| Work 2 | Title (ms.) |
A treatise of Arithmetic, being the Algorismus communis |
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| Printed copies |
Robert Steele, The Earliest Arithmetics in English (1922) 33-51. |
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| Folio no. |
48-56 |
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| Rubric |
Boys seying in the begynnyng of his Arsemetrik Alle Thynges that bene fro the first begynnyng of thynges have proceded, and come forthe, and by resone of nombre ben formed, and in wise as they bene, so owethe they to be knowene, wherfor in universalle knowlechyng of thynges the Art of nombrynge is best, and most operatyf. |
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| Explicit |
And this at this tyme suffisethe in ectraccione of nombres quadrat or cubike etc. |
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| Additional texts |
Four lines follow, defining ten places of arithmetical notation. |
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| Additional copies |
See GOxfB Ashmole 1522, 17-24d. |
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| Work 3 | Title (ms.) |
A large explanatory Numeration-table of the digits, to the eight place of figures |
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| Folio no. |
56b |
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| Work 4 | Scribe(s) |
Neatly written in a small text-hand. |
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| Title (ms.) |
24 Tables |
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| Contents |
Twenty-four tables showing exactly when each planet begins its dominion, by day and night, every month of the year: with a description of their formation and use. In the rule (68b) it is said that "This table is ordeyned for <thorn>e meridian of Oxenford. where <thorn>^e moder of vertues ha<thorn>^e ordeyned hir to dwelle and to teche her chosen children in what maner <thorn>e .7. sciens buddis and flowris to brynge for<thorn>^e frutes of vertu. And it schalle eadure as longe tyme as gracious God ha<thorn>^e ordeyned <thorn>^e sonne to be drawn thorow <thorn>^e ravysschynge of <thorn>^e firmament from <thorn>^e est unto <thorn>^e west by <thorn>e emisperi of <thorn>^e forseyde place". |
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| Additional remarks |
The first leaf (on the back of which was the day-part of January) being lost. |
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| Folio no. |
57-69 |
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| Glosses etc. |
The first page is superscribed "Noctes Janu". At the end is a note of places subject to each of the planets, and the length of their periods. On the next page (otherwise blank) is recorded astrologically in Latin, the time of the birth of the son of Lord John Zowche, 10 Dec. 1564; in an Italian hand. |
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| Work 5 | Title (ms.) |
A catalogue of Stars, with their positions, longitudes, and planetary characters |
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| Incipit |
She that is on thoore and <thorn>e extremyte of <thorn>e wynge of <thorn>e 2 hors. |
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| Folio no. |
187-8b |
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| Rubric |
Septemtrional. 2. 1. 30. Aries. |
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| Work 6 | Additional names |
Plato | Ptolemaeus | Pythagoras |
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| Title (ms.) |
The art of Ptholome Plato and of Pictagoras. |
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| Incipit |
In the first gadre alle the nombres of the pacient |
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| Folio no. |
200-3 |
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| Rubric |
Here begynnethe the art of Ptholome Plato and of Pictagoras. |
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| Additional copies |
The last leaf of this article contains the "distinction" that are in GOxfB Ashmole 399, 59, which may be better understood by comparison with this MS. |
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