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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 7264

Date:

s. XVIIⁱⁿ.

Or.:

Paris, MS copied by and/or under the supervision of David Sainclair.

Prov.:

library of the kings of France before c. 1740.

Paper, I+452+27 pp. (the second part is noted II/1-27), two or several alternating hands, including in the second part.

Ptolemaica (single text). Blank: Iv, 55-56, II/16-18.

Bibl. Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Regiae, IV: Cod. Latini 7226-8822, Paris, 1744, 332; N. Halma, Commentaire de Théon d’Alexandrie sur le premier livre de la composition mathématique de Ptolémée, Paris, 1821, ix; P. O. Kristeller, Iter Italicum, III, London-Leiden, 1983, 221 (erroneous description).

I–⁠452 Images	‘(Ir) Theonis Alexandrini commentarius in Magnam Cl<audii> Ptolemaei Syntaxim, quae arab<ice> dicitur Almagestus. Item Nicolai Cabasilae archiep<iscopi> Thessal<onici> in tertium eiusd<em> Syntax<eωs>. Item Pappi Alexandrini comm<entarius> in quintum eiudem Syntaxeωs librum. Interprete Davide San-Claro mathematicarum artium quondam professore regio in Academia Parisiensi. (1) Theonis Alexandrini prooemium. Crebrioribus adhortatus a discipulis, o fili Epiphanie, dictare in ea Mathematicorum voluminum Ptolemaei quae omnibus videntur difficilia — structurarum canonum ex proportione sub latitudine. Excudebatur in Regia Anolomasi (!) et cura Iohannis Balderi [Johannes Walderus] anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Iesus Christi 1535 [sic for 1538] primo quinti mensis.’ = Theon of Alexandria, 〈Commentum in Almagesti〉 (tr. David Sainclair) (C.1.30.8) . Title page, I (the verso is blank); Theon’s preface, 1-3; Book I, 3-98; II, 99-150; III, 151-214; IV, 215-250; V, 251-301; VI, 302-380; VII, 381-386; VIII, 387-399; IX, 400-423; X, 423-434 (end missing, due to lacuna, cf. note p. 434: ‘Deficiunt hic ad finem 10, totus XI et principium 12’ and, in the margin, ‘Nota hanc lacunam in partem (?) pag. 406 cod. Graec.’); XII, 434-438 (beginning missing, see above); XIII, 438-452. No geometrical diagrams. Corrections and occasional marginal notes.
II/1–⁠27 Images	‘(II/1) Cl<audii> Ptolemaei praefatio. Sunt haec ni fallor tentamenta nitidioris et accuratioris tran<s>talionis quam forte postmodum aggressus fuerat David Sanclarus… Pulcherrime mihi videntur qui ingenie philosophati sunt theoreticam philosophia partem ab activa separasse… (II/3) Theonis Alexandr<ini> prooemium. Frequentiori meorum auditorum exhortatione incitatus, fili mi Epiphanie… (II/9) Davidis Sanclari notae in Ptolemaeum et Theonem. Quicumque generoso ingenii spiritu ad altiora — XIII. Canonica prius dictorum angulorum et periphenarum in singulis climatibus explicatio.’ = David Sainclair, 〈Annotationes in Almagesti et Theonem〉 (C.1.35) . Corrections throughout and a few marginal notes, more substantial pp. 11-12.

I–⁠452

Images

‘(Ir) Theonis Alexandrini commentarius in Magnam Cl<audii> Ptolemaei Syntaxim, quae arab<ice> dicitur Almagestus. Item Nicolai Cabasilae archiep<iscopi> Thessal<onici> in tertium eiusd<em> Syntax<eωs>. Item Pappi Alexandrini comm<entarius> in quintum eiudem Syntaxeωs librum. Interprete Davide San-Claro mathematicarum artium quondam professore regio in Academia Parisiensi. (1) Theonis Alexandrini prooemium. Crebrioribus adhortatus a discipulis, o fili Epiphanie, dictare in ea Mathematicorum voluminum Ptolemaei quae omnibus videntur difficilia — structurarum canonum ex proportione sub latitudine. Excudebatur in Regia Anolomasi (!) et cura Iohannis Balderi [Johannes Walderus] anno ab incarnatione domini nostri Iesus Christi 1535 [sic for 1538] primo quinti mensis.’

= Theon of Alexandria, 〈Commentum in Almagesti〉 (tr. David Sainclair) (C.1.30.8)

. Title page, I (the verso is blank); Theon’s preface, 1-3; Book I, 3-98; II, 99-150; III, 151-214; IV, 215-250; V, 251-301; VI, 302-380; VII, 381-386; VIII, 387-399; IX, 400-423; X, 423-434 (end missing, due to lacuna, cf. note p. 434: ‘Deficiunt hic ad finem 10, totus XI et principium 12’ and, in the margin, ‘Nota hanc lacunam in partem (?) pag. 406 cod. Graec.’); XII, 434-438 (beginning missing, see above); XIII, 438-452. No geometrical diagrams. Corrections and occasional marginal notes.

II/1–⁠27

Images

‘(II/1) Cl<audii> Ptolemaei praefatio. Sunt haec ni fallor tentamenta nitidioris et accuratioris tran<s>talionis quam forte postmodum aggressus fuerat David Sanclarus… Pulcherrime mihi videntur qui ingenie philosophati sunt theoreticam philosophia partem ab activa separasse… (II/3) Theonis Alexandr<ini> prooemium. Frequentiori meorum auditorum exhortatione incitatus, fili mi Epiphanie… (II/9) Davidis Sanclari notae in Ptolemaeum et Theonem. Quicumque generoso ingenii spiritu ad altiora — XIII. Canonica prius dictorum angulorum et periphenarum in singulis climatibus explicatio.’

= David Sainclair, 〈Annotationes in Almagesti et Theonem〉 (C.1.35)

. Corrections throughout and a few marginal notes, more substantial pp. 11-12.