Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, 10063 (olim Toledo 98-19)
s. XIIIex (probably between 1279 and 1282 for the sections copied by Alvaro de Oviedo, cf. horoscopes dated 1279 and 1282 f. 13r-14v and 53v; the MS also contains Alvaro’s autograph copy of his comm. on Averroes’s De substantia orbis, f. 56-74, composed c. 1281, cf. F. J. Hernández, P. Linehan, The Mozarabic Cardinal. The Life and Times of Gonzalo Pérez Gudiel, Firenze, 2004, 310 and n. 39).
Or.:MS mainly copied in Italy and Toledo by Alvaro de Oviedo (f. 13-75), who also glossed f. 1-13.
Prov.:cathedral of Toledo.
Parchment, 76 f., two hands: I, f. 1-13ra; II [Alvaro de Oviedo], f. 13ra-75, reserved initials.
Astrology and astronomy: Alcabitius, Introductorius (1ra-10ra); Pseudo-John of Seville, Epitome totius astrologie, Book IV (10va-12ra); astrolabe ‘Astrologie speculationis exercicium causarum habere volentibus…’ (12ra-13ra); Alvaro de Oviedo, 15 horoscopes with notes (13r-14v), the first of which is an election cast for 23 November 1279 in Rome (‘Rome ad duas tertias hore tertie 23 diei mensis Novembris anni domini 1279 pro vestibus induendis electio’) and the twelfth is dated 1282; Ptolemaica (15ra-22rb, 22rb and 22va-23va); Astronomia Ypocratis (23va-24va); Somniale Danielis (24va-25ra); lunarium ‘Luna prima quicquid sompniaverit ad gaudium pertinet…’ (25ra); Haly Embrani, De electionibus horarum (27ra-32ra); Zael, Liber iudiciorum (32rb-40ra); Jafar, Liber imbrium (43ra-44rb); astrometeorology ‘Anni revolutionem sic iudicabis…’ (44rb-44vb); Albumasar, De revolutionibus annorum mundi (45ra-50ra); Albumasar, Flores (50rb-53rb); Alvaro de Oviedo, two horoscopes with notes, with mention of the year 1282 in Toledo (53v); Alvaro de Oviedo, comm. on Averroes’s De substantia orbis (56ra-75vb). Blank: 25v-26v, 40v-42v, 54-55, 76.
Bibl. J. M. Millàs Vallicrosa, Las traducciones orientales en los manuscritos de la Biblioteca Catedral de Toledo, Madrid, 1942, 156-166; P. O. Kristeller, Iter Italicum, IV, London-Leiden, 1989, 538; Inventario general de manuscritos de la Biblioteca Nacional, XIV, Madrid, 2000, 318-319.
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15ra–22rb
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‘Expositiones in quartum Quadripartiti et sunt sententie H<aly> [title in upper margin by the scribe, Alvaro de Oviedo]. Res igitur in quibus ea que ante partum: d<e> h<oc> quod ea que ante partum sunt sunt — (22ra) quia vapores iam incipiunt annullari et desiccari primum. Explicit. Domino Ihesu Christo gratie infinite. Amen, amen, amen. (22rb) <C>um proiectionem radiorum stellarum scire volueris, scias gradus ascendentis — et quod collectum fuerit erit locus radiationis equate. Explicit liber proiectionis radiorum sapientissimi Ptho<lome>i. Hunc eundem modum docet H<aly> super t<extu>m (?) Quadripartiti [title in the margin in Alvaro de Oviedo’s hand]. Dixit Haly: Scias quod hec equatio accipitur per 4 angulos proportionaliter, cuius primus est medietas arcus diei, scilicet 6 hore — prime Quadripartiti.’ = Alvaro de Oviedo, Haly Expositiones in Quadripartitum (C.2.3)
. Book IV, 15ra-17ra; III, 17ra-20va; I, 20va-21ra; II, 21ra-22ra; Pseudo-Ptolemy’s Liber proiectionis radiorum stellarum (see below) with comm. attr. Haly, 22rb. A few marginal notes by the scribe (Alvaro de Oviedo) and perhaps by another, contemporary hand. |
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22rb
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‘<C>um proiectionem radiorum stellarum scire volueris, scias gradus ascendentis — et quod collectum fuerit erit locus radiationis equate. Explicit liber proiectionis radiorum sapientissimi Ptho<lome>i.’ = Pseudo-Ptolemy, Liber proiectionis radiorum stellarum (B.6)
, as part of the previous text. No glosses. |
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22va–23va
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‘Liber partium Ptholomei in iudiciis partium 12 domorum [title in upper margin by the scribe, Alvaro de Oviedo, followed by a section added by another hand: ‘… (?) enim totum ab Hermete’]. Quoniam in primo libro partium terminos et loca posuimus, iudicia earundem summistrare curavimus. Pars fortune eiusque dominus corpus et que ad corpus attinent significant — aut eius domini hiis 12 mensibus imitatur. Explicit.’ = Pseudo-Ptolemy, Liber de iudiciis partium (B.8)
. No glosses. |