London, British Library, Sloane 2030
s. XIImed (f. 31-94) and XIII2 (f. 3-30 and 95-135).
Or.:English hands at least for f. 3-30 and 95-135.
Parchment, 136 f. Composite MS made of three parts, each copied by a single hand (I: f. 3-30 and 95-135; II: f. 31-78; III: f. 79-94).
Scientific texts: table of contents, early modern (1r); Bede, De natura rerum (3r-9r); ‘Divisio scientiarum. Ut dicit Boetius in commento super Por<phyrio> ante tempus Pitagore philosophia dicebatur sophia…’ (9v-10r); Ptolemaica (11r-30r); ‘Notandum quod 10 sunt effectus quos universaliter significat omnis cometa…’, added by a later hand (30v); Messahallah, Liber receptionis (31v-40v); Zael, Liber iudiciorum (41r-76v); Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Mercurii et Philologiae, excerpts from Book VIII (79r-83r); Albumasar, Ysagoga minor (83r-87r); Ptolemaica (87r-87v); Proportiones competentes in astrorum industria (88r-94r); unfinished astronomical diagram (94v); ‘Incipit physionomia Aristotilis. Ex qualitate corporis proprietates anime…’ (95r-103r); ‘Incipit physionomia Avicenne. Vox grossa calididatem designat…’ (103r-108r); Pliny, De presagiis temporum (108r-110r); ‘Incipit liber Aristotilis de conductibus aquarum. Quia tuum amice…’ (110r-114r); Ptolemaica (114r-118r); Solinus, De mirabilibus mundi (118v-124v); ‘Incipit ciromantia Aristotilis. Linee naturales tres sunt in planicie…’ (125r-126v); ‘De quatuor partibus anni qualiter cavende sunt infirmitates. Quatuor sunt elementa mundi…’ (128r-129r); ‘Electuarium Karoli ad omnes infirmitates stomachi…’ (129r); ‘Antidotum Galieni quo utebatur solus…’ (129r); ‘Epistola Avicenne ad Karolum de mensibus singulis anni versandis…’ (129r-132r); ‘Epistola Ypocratis excepta (!) quedam sententia mirabili, contra infirmitates est…’ (132r-134r); lunarium ‘De lunationibus et somniis. Luna prima tota die est bona…’ (134r); lunarium ‘De Luna et suis iudiciis. Luna prima: Hec dies ad omnia agenda utilis est…’ (134r-135v); added notes, including the end of the preceding lunarium (136r). Blank: 1v-2v, 10v, 31r (except added note giving the longitude of London), 77-78 (except for a few added notes), 127, 136v.
Note The title ‘Canones Ptolomei’ has been added by a later hand in the margin of f. 88r, where the text Proportiones competentes in astrorum industria begins. This title was probably meant for Pseudo-Ptolemy’s Centiloquium, which precedes on f. 87r-87v.
Bibl. Catalogue of Sloane Manuscripts, VII, s.l.n.d. (handwritten catalogue), 268-272; C. Leonardi, ‘I codici di Marziano Capella’, Aevum 34 (1960), 1-99: 80-81 (no. 106); C. Burnett, ‘Catalogue. The Writings of Adelard of Bath and Closely Associated Works, Together with the Manuscripts in which they Occur’, in Adelard of Bath. An English Scientist and Arabist of the Early Twelfth Century, ed. C. Burnett, London, 1987, 163-196: 183 (no. 66); R. Lemay, Le Kitāb aṯ-Ṯamara (Liber fructus, Centiloquium) d’Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf [Ps.-Ptolémée], 1999 [unpublished], I, 203-213 and 349; D. Juste, Les Alchandreana primitifs. Étude sur les plus anciens traités astrologiques latins d’origine arabe (
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11r–30r
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‘Incipit liber qui dicitur Centilogium a Ptholomeo editus. Mundanorum ad hoc et ad illud mutacio est corporum celestium… Scientia astrorum ex te et illis est. Astrologus non debet dicere rem specialiter in est (!) universaliter… Quod dixit Pthol<omeus>, ex te et illis, significat quod qui res futuras… (20v) Dixerunt Ptholo<me>us et Hermes quod Lune locus in hora — (29v) quanto melius scivimus exposuimus. Ptholomeus in hoc libro tricas et tricarum nomina posuit… Stelle cum caudis sunt 9 — in regibus et divitibus apparebit. Explicit.’ = Abuiafar Hamet filius Joseph, 〈Commentum in Centiloquium〉 (‘Mundanorum’ version) (C.3.1.3)
. The text includes Pseudo-Ptolemy’s Dixerunt Ptholomeus et Hermes quod locus Lune… (B.5) after the commentary of v. 51 on f. 20v-21r (see below), and De cometis (B.4) as the last chapter on f. 29v-30r (see below). Verba have been wrongly numbered by a later hand in the margin. No glosses. |
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20v–21r
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‘Dixerunt Ptholo<me>us et Hermes quod Lune locus in hora — et hoc expertus fuit multociens.’ = Pseudo-Ptolemy, Dixerunt Ptolemeus et Hermes quod locus Lune... (B.5)
, as part of the Centiloquium (see above). No glosses. |
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29v–30r
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‘Ptholomeus in hoc libro tricas et tricarum nomina posuit… Stelle cum caudis sunt 9 — in regibus et divitibus apparebit. Explicit.’ = Pseudo-Ptolemy, De cometis (B.4)
, as part of the Centiloquium (see above). No glosses. |
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87r–87v
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‘<D>octrina stellarum ex te et illis. Nec est docti in ea ut prophere formam actus individualis — [39] supra parvitatem lucri agricolarum suorum cum eo.’ = Pseudo-Ptolemy, Centiloquium (tr. Adelard of Bath) (B.1.1)
, v. 1-39. No glosses. |
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114r–118r
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‘Incipit libellus de scientia astrorum. Scientia astrorum ex te et illis. Et non oportet peritum illorum iudicare secundum formam effectuum particularium… [98] Et similiter si velocis cursus fuerint. Annezoik we et eweriet et ezas weab sunt sedis … (?) a stellis et non sunt ex stellis anmezoik, significat siccitatem vaporum — et si non ambulaverit rebellis erit de eodem climate. Explicit.’ = Abuiafar Hamet filius Joseph, 〈Commentum in Centiloquium〉 (‘Mundanorum’ version) (C.3.1.3)
, in ‘Mundanorum 1’ only (without the commentary). No glosses. |