PAL

Jordanus


Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 463

Contents (179) A list of contents of the volume (cf. III)
Century 14
Language Latin
Owner’s notes "Iste liber est domini Iohannis presbiteri cathalani qui moratur cum domino Branch (?) de . vinea (?) quem habet impignoratum frater Odoardus ... xiij Ian. (?)". "Ubertus (?) ... istum librum a predicto presbitero Iohanne cathalaun . precio duorum florenorum eo pacto quod possit eum exigere ... et ideo uult frater Ubertus (???) quod quandocumque dederit uel miserit duos Florenos auri (?) quod liber iste reddatur sibi. In cuius regni signum scripturam hanc noluit conscribere sua manu". "E. Brydham". Both s. 14. "Hunc librum disposuerunt & dederunt executores testamenti recolende bone memorie domini Edmundi Lacy nuper dum uixit Exoniensis episcopi ... Ecclesie Cathedrali Exoniensi cathenandum ibidem in libraria remansurum ibidem in eadem quamdiu durauerit. Orate pro eo"; Lacy died in 1455.
Previous owners Presented by the Dean and Chapter of Exeter in 1602.
Composite ms. 2 parts
Material Membr.
Height × width 12 1/4 x 9 in.
No. of leaves iii + 182
Cover Stamped with sheepskin (about 1602) on older sewing.
Condition Some leaves at each end discoloured woth damp.
No. of columns 2 cols.
Printed catalogs F. Madan & H.H.E. Craster, A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford II 1 (1922) 374-5 # 2456
Source Folkerts | Madan & Craster (1922)
Type of source cat. | pvt. notes
Source’s source insp.
Work 1Title (ms.) Astrological treatises, containing amongst other things:
Work 2Place of origin Spain (?)
No. of ms. part I (1-)
Initials etc. With illuminated capitals, &c.
Work 3Author (ms.) Algabiçus | Iohannes Yspalensis (int.)
Author standard Alkabitius | Johannes Hispalensis
Title (ms.) Introductorius ad iuditia astrorum
Additional remarks The author's name was Abd-al-`Azîz...al-Quabîsî.
Folio no. 1-
Rubric Incipit Introductorius Algabiçi ad iuditia astrorum interpretatur anne (sic, pro interprete Iohanne) Yspalensi
Prolog Postulata a Domino prolixitate vite
Glosses etc. There are some notes.
Math. drawings Spaces are left for diagrams.
Work 4Author (ms.) Iafar
Author standard Albumasar | Cilenius Mercurius | Hugo Sanctelliensis
Title (standard) Liber imbrium
Additional remarks A work of Abû Ma'aschar Ja`far, known as Albumazar.
Folio no. 20-
Rubric Incipit liber imbrium editum a Iafar astrologo & a lenio & mercurio (sic, pro a Cilenio Mercurio) correcto
Work 5Author (ms.) Thebit Corehe | Thebit filius Cheere
Author standard Thebit
Title (ms.) De spera & de circulis
Folio no. 24-
Rubric Incipit liber Thebit filius Cheere de Spera & de circulis
Colophon Explicit liber Thebit Corehe
Glosses etc. Followed by an astrological note.
Work 6Title (ms.) De mansonibus lune
Incipit Noscas quod scientia
Incipit 2 (1st mansion) Tuum indumentum durabit tempore longo
Additional remarks Partly in Latin verse.
Folio no. 24-
Rubric Incipit liber . de . 28 . mansionibus Lune
Work 7Title (ms.) Tabula
Incipit Accipe etatem lune
Folio no. 36v-
Rubric Incipit Tabula ostendens in quo signo sit Luna omni die
Tables The table is on 38v.
Work 8Author (ms.) Ametus filius Ameti sive Alphagranus
Author standard Alfraganus
Title (ms.) De Congregationibus sciencie stellarum & principiis celestium motuum
Contents 30 chpts.
Additional remarks The author's name is Muhammad ibn Kathîr al-farghânî, knows as Alfraganus.
Folio no. 39-
Rubric Incipit liber de Congregationibus sciencie stellarum & principiis celestium motuum, quem Ametus filius Ameti, qui dictus est Alphagranus, compillauit
Work 9Author standard Haly | Ptolemaeus
Title (ms.) Centiloquium, with a short commentary on each piece
Folio no. 59-
Rubric Incipit liber Centiloquij Ptholomei
Colophon Explicit Centiloquium Ptholomej expositum ab eli (i.e. Haly)
Work 10Author standard Thebit
Title (ms.) Liber Ymaginum (inc.)
Incipit Dixit Ptholomeus, edidi hunc librum de Ymaginibus
Additional remarks For the author see f. 24-. A leaf having been cut out after 77.
Folio no. 75-
Rubric Incipit liber Ymaginum Thebit
Additional texts Followed by a short "Instructio Ptholomei".
Work 11Title (ms.) A treatise on ten precious stones (aceph.)
Additional remarks Part of the first chapter is lost.
Folio no. 78
Colophon Expletum est liber Toç Deo gracias . Amen . & est liber .x. Lapidum veneris . fiat