The wyse boke of fylosophy and astronomy

Description

Title: The wyse boke of fylosophy and astronomy
Published / Created: [ca. 1500]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of astrological information and a treatise on the signs of the zodiac, including lists of activities appropriate for each sign, and descriptions of the characteristics of those born under the influence of different planets
Description: In Middle English.
Tipped in: astrological chart, on paper, for the years 1646-1664.
Layout: single columns of 17-25 lines.
Script: English bookhand.
Decoration: some capitals and words rubricated.
Binding: nineteenth-century half calf over marbled boards.
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Eglington Bailey. Formerly owned by Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 30 leaves : 194 mm x 143 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English, Middle (1100-1500)

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval England 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Astrology
English prose literature
Subjects: Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Astrology > Early works to 1800
English prose literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Bailey, John Eglington, 1840-1888 > Ownership
Honeyman, Robert B. > Ownership
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership

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Citation: The wyse boke of fylosophy and astronomy (Takamiya MS 39). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.