Cracow, Biblioteka Jagiellońska, 591
s. XVex (f. 2-113, c. 1494 – this section is identical in style and layout with MS Cracow, BJ, 1964, copied in 1494 by the same Martinus Biem de Olkusz) and XVIin (f. 1v and 115-145).
Or.:University of Cracow, copied by Martinus Biem de Olkusz and Nicolaus de Wieliczka.
Paper, 145 f., two hands: I (Martinus Biem de Olkusz), f. 2-113; II (Nicolaus de Wieliczka), f. 1v and 115v-145v.
Astronomy: scattered astrological notes (1r); Ptolemaica (2r-113r); Peurbach, Theoricae novae planetarum, incomplete (115v-142v); scattered astrological notes (144v-145v). Blank: 1v, 113v-115r, 143r-144r.
Bibl. W. Wisłocki, Katalog rękopisόw Biblijoteki Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, I, Krakόw, 1877, 187; J. Monfasani, Collectanea Trapezuntiana: Texts, Documents, and Bibliographies of George of Trebizond, Binghamton (NY), 1984, 22; G. Rosińska, Scientific Writings and Astronomical Tables in Cracow. A Census of Manuscript Sources (
2r–113r
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‘Magne composicionis Ptholomei libri a Georgio Trapestio (!) traducti incipiunt foeliciter. Prefacio auctoris. Capitulum primum. <P>eroptime mihi videntur, o Syre, qui bene philosophati sunt, speculativam philosophie partem ab activa separasse — qui ab eclipticis Solis terminis maximus intercipitur, partibus in obliquo quidem circulo 16, 23, in circulo vero, qui est per polos zodiaci 1, 25…’ = Ptolemy, Almagesti (tr. George of Trebizond) (A.1.4)
. Abrupt end in VI.6 at the bottom of f. 113r. Book I, 2r-19r; II, 19v-46v; III, 46v-62v; IV, 62v-81r; V, 81r-104v; VI, 104v-113r. No glosses. |
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