PAL

Jordanus


Oxford, Bodleian Library, Auct. F. 3. 13.

Century 13/II
Place of origin England
Language Latin
Owner’s notes (224v) "Istum librum legauit Magister Johannes Alward quonndam rector ecclesie de Stoke Bruere de Kelyngworth (Kenilworth) in perpetuum pro quaterno sibi in Oxonia accomodato, quo sine dubio ipse non gaudebat, quamo(b)rem pro anima eins orare vobis supplicamus & certe tenemini" (Alward probably died in 1456 or 1457). "Solutum pro isto libro vijs vjd", s. 16. (225v) "Johannes Lemyngton Canones astrologij" (late s. 15). Also the names of Willelmus capellanus and Ricardus Boteler.
Composite ms. 5 parts
Material Membr.
Height × width 10 1/2 x 8 in.
No. of leaves iii + 229
Printed catalogs F. Madan & H.H.E. Craster, A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford II 1 (1922) 245-6 # 2177.
Other notes After "Liber florum Albumasar" (166-) came the "Liber de sp(h)eris Theodosii" according to an old list of contents on IIIv. "Summa foliorum istius libri 253 vitra cedulas, quia cedule non computantur", which shows, that the Theodosius (see 166-) occupied nearly 30 leaves.
Source Folkerts | Madan & Craster (1922)
Type of source cat. | pvt. notes
Source’s source insp.
Work 1No. of ms. part I (1-)
Initials etc. With illuminated capitals, &c.
Work 2Author standard Euclides
Title (ms.) Geometry in 15 books
Facsimiles M. Clagett & J.E. Murdoch, Medieval Mathematics, Physics and Philosophy: A Revised Catalogue of Photographic Reproductions, Manuscripta 2 (1958) 151.
MF copies M. Clagett, Medieval Mathematics and Physics: A Check List of Microfilm Reproductions, Isis 44 (1953) 376.
Folio no. 1- | 1r-48v
Glosses etc. Opposite proposition i. 47 is written in a s. 15 hand "Dulcarnon".
Math. drawings Diagrams in bk. 11.
Additional information M. Clagett, The Medieval Latin Translations from the Arabic of the Elements of Euclid, Isis 44 (1953) 16-42.
Work 3Author standard Ptolemaeus
Title (ms.) Centiloquium
Folio no. 49-
Glosses etc. with notes
Work 4No. of ms. part III (91-)
No. of columns 2 cols.
Work 5Author standard Arzachel
Title (ms.) Canones tabularum Toletanarum
Incipit Quoniam cuiusque accionis
Folio no. 91-
Rubric Canones in motibus celestibus
Glosses etc. (104, 223) Some astronomical notes have been added.
Work 6Author standard Gerardus Carmonensis
Title (ms.) Theorica planetarum communis (inc.)
Incipit Circulus eccentricus uel egresse cuspidis
Additional remarks With illuminated capitals &c.
Folio no. 105-
Explicit (chap. "De declinatione solis") maioris quantitatis
Math. drawings with diagrams
Work 7Title (ms.) De quadrante
Incipit Heec tabula docet in quo loco
Additional remarks Perhaps a leaf is wanting before the table.
Folio no. 110-
Tables a table
Math. drawings With interesting diagrams.
Work 8Title (ms.) Four "Tabule Solis" for finding the position of the sun every day
Folio no. 113-
Rubric Tabule solis
Work 9Author standard Johannes Campanus de Novariensis
Title (ms.) Theorica Planetarum
Incipit Primus philosophie magister
Folio no. 115-
Rubric Quadrans magistri Campani &c.
Additional texts Followed by two short astrological pieces, on the composition and use of the cylinder, for the latitude of Paris (beg. 46: "Componitur quoddam simplex & paruum") and on astrological judgements (beg. 148: "Quoniam regulacio astronomice iudicandi", apparently imperfect).
Work 10Author standard Abdilazit
Title (ms.) Introductorius
Incipit Prima differencia in esse circuli
Folio no. 152-
Colophon Perfectus est Introductorius Abdilazit, id est serui Dei, qui dicitur Alcabizin ad magisterium iudiciorum astrorum
Work 11Author standard Albumasar
Title (ms.) De floribus
Incipit Opportet primum scire
Folio no. 166-
Rubric ... Liber reuolucionum ... Hic est liber quem collegit Albumasar de floribus
Colophon Liber florum Albumasar.
Work 12No. of ms. part IV (176-)
Work 13Author standard Alfruganus | Johannes Hispalensis
Title (ms.) Liber in quibusdam collectis sciencie astrorum
Folio no. 176-
Rubric ...Liber Alfrugani in quibusdam collectis sciencie astrorum & radicum motus planetarum
Glosses etc. with notes
Math. drawings with diagrams
Work 14Author standard Martianus Capella
Title (ms.) De Nuptiis Philologiae, bk. 8
Incipit Mundus igitur ex quatuor elementis
Folio no. 194-
Rubric Astrologia Marciani
Glosses etc. with notes
Math. drawings with diagrams
Work 15No. of ms. part V (201-)
Work 16Author standard Arzachel
Title (ms.) Lectiones tabularum
Incipit In nomine Domini scito quod annus lunarum
Folio no. 201-
Rubric ... Lectiones tabularum secundum Ar(z)achel
Glosses etc. with notes
Math. drawings with diagrams
Work 17Title (ms.) Rules for forming a calendar
Incipit In faciendo almenak sunt primo extrahendi
Folio no. 219-
Colophon Explicit Almanak.