[Astronomy lecture notes].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Astronomy--Early works to 1800.

Astronomy.

Astronomy--Germany--History--16th century.

History.

Germany.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

diagrams

lecture notes

Manuscripts, Latin.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Penn Provenance:

Sold at auction at Reiss & Sohn (Königstein im Taunus), 4 Nov. 1998, lot 4.

Sold by H. P. Kraus (New York), cat. 215 (Dec. 2000), no. 254, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.

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

Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.

Physical Description:

40 leaves : paper ; 199 x 147 mm bound to 205 x 155 mm

Production:

[Wittenberg], [circa 1550]

Language Note:

Latin.

Summary:

Student lecture notes for the second level of instruction in astronomy at the university at Wittenberg during Philipp Melanchthon's tenure on the theology faculty there, including discussion of spherical astronomy, atmospheric refraction, conversion of degrees into miles, and the use of astronomical tables. Some marginal notes with loss due to trimming.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Collation: Paper, 40; 1-5⁸ (f. 1, 9-14, 31, 40 blank).

Script: Written in italic script, either by multiple hands or in varying degrees of formality (f. 2r-8v, 15r-39r).

Decoration: 8 diagrams (f. 8r, 19v, 20v, 22v, 23v, 26r, 29r, 30r) involving circles, radii, and latitude, in black ink, black ink with red letters, or red ink; 4 small mathematical diagrams (f. 32r, 32v, 33v); rubrication in red in second part of manuscript (f. 15r-38v).

Binding: Later marbled paper.

Origin: Written in Wittenberg (f. 29v), ca. 1550 (after the publication of Copernicus' De revolutionibus in 1543).

Local Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Cited in:

Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 61 (LJS 397).

Cited as:

LJS 397

OCLC:

757740319

Online:

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