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Algorismus, etc
Title
Algorismus, etc.
Created
Germany, [between 1300 and 1450]
Physical Description
ff. 85 : parchment and paper ; 225 x 150 mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
Script: multiple hands writing in multiple scripts.
Binding: S. XV limp parchment binding with leather spine stiffener and visible sewing and flap. The parchment is from an erased music manuscript. Remnants of a paper title label on the spine (text lost).
In Latin, German and French.
Provenance
The various components of this manuscript were brought together in the fifteenth century probably in Central Europe. On the front pastedown, in s. XV Cursiva (doubtful reading): “Nos tangit lacota krugch draeg tollit omnia nostra / Invenit pogorill. qui non wlt esse peryatell”. Below, in a s. XVI German hand: “Synopsis philosophie Aristotelis”. Collection of Count Oswald Seilern (1900-1967, circular armorial bookplate). Christie's sale, London, 26 March 2003 (The Count Oswald Seilern Collection), lot 12. Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on parchment and paper of 1) Johannes de Sacro Bosco, Algorismus. 2) Jordanus Rufus, Medecina equorum. 3) Pseudo-Aristotle, Secretum secretorum. 4) William Falconer, Falconibus.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
August 05, 2011
References
Johannes de Sacro Bosco, Algorismus, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Johannes de Sacro Bosco, Algorismus, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - Germany - 14th century.
Manuscripts, Medieval - Germany - 15th century.
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