[Commentary on the Ephemerides of Regiomontanus].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Mariensüss, Bartholomäus, -1504.

Contributor:

Alleyn, James, former owner.

Stanitz, John D., former owner.

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

English, Middle (1100-1500)

Latin

Subjects (All):

Astrology--Early works to 1800.

Astrology.

Astronomy--Early works to 1800.

Astronomy.

Ephemerides--Early works to 1800.

Ephemerides.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

commentaries

tables (documents)

treatises

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by James Alleyn (signature in another part of parent manuscript).

Parent manuscript formerly held in the library of the Marquesses of Bute, Ms. 13.

Sold at auction at Sotheby's as part of the Bute collection, 13 June 1983, lot 32 (part 7).

Appears in H. P. Kraus's cat. 180 (1988), no. 133.

Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 22.

Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.

Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.

Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.

Physical Description:

18 leaves : paper ; 190 x 140 (170 x 112) mm bound to 197 x 150 mm

Production:

[England], [circa 1496]

Language Note:

Middle English.

Summary:

Partial copy of a Middle English translation of a commentary by Bartholomäus Mariensüss on the Ephemerides of Regiomontanus, including a treatise in nine chapters addressing ephemerides, astrological signs, planets, their aspects, fixed stars (veryfied the yere of our lorde 1496, f. 8v), weather forecasting, and favorable days for various activities. Followed by three canons for favorable times for bloodletting, giving medicine, and planting (f. 15r-18v). With one table relating the signs of the zodiac and the planets (f. 3r). A note in a later hand on the flyleaf following the manuscript refers to conditions from the beginning of March or from the vernal equinox to the summer solstice. This manuscript was part of Bute MS 13 (formerly f. 124r-141v), preceded by another section (formerly f. 101r-120v), now LJS 188, University of Pennsylvania.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger (Kurtz and Voigts).

Foliation: Paper, ii (modern) + ii + 18 + ii + ii (modern); 1¹⁶ 2²; 1-18, contemporary foliation in ink, lower right recto.

Layout: Written in 24-29 long lines; ruled in drypoint.

Script: Written in a secretary script.

Binding: Modern calf, formerly stab-sewn.

Origin: Written in England, ca. 1496 (f. 8v).

The first part of Bute MS 13 (f. 1r-46v), including a copy of Chaucer's Treatise on the astrolabe, was purchased after 1988 by Shozo Asahata (Nara, Japan), current location unknown (Kurtz and Voigts).

Local Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Related Collections:

The fourth part of Bute MS 13 (formerly f. 145r-161v) is HM 60320, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Cited in:

Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 75 (LJS 191).

Publications about:

Patricia Deery Kurtz and Linda Ehrsam Voigts. "The significance of now-dispersed Bute 13: a mixed-language scientific manuscript." In Communicating early English manuscripts, edited by Päivi Pahta and Andreas H. Jucker, 38-54. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Cited as:

LJS 191.

OCLC:

747428748

Online:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page