<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Collection of calendars, horoscopes, and medical and astrological texts</dc:title><dc:date>between 1551 and 1553.</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>Manuscript, in unidentified hand, on parchment, including a collection of texts on medical and astrological topics, calendars and horoscopes</dc:description><dc:description>In English.</dc:description><dc:description>Title devised by cataloger.</dc:description><dc:description>Script: Gothic cursiva.</dc:description><dc:description>Decoration: 4 anatomical figures, 12 colored drawings of occupations of the months, 7 colored drawings of signs of the planets, 4 of the temperaments, 12 of the signs of the zodiac, 12 of their astrological abbreviations, and 12 large paintings of the signs of the zodiac. Also included: base of an astrolabe cut from a musical ms., ca. 1500 (f. 36r). Copious rubrication throughout.</dc:description><dc:description>Layout: 1 column of around 40 lines.</dc:description><dc:description>Binding: modern white leather binding over pasteboards.</dc:description><dc:description>Date of creation must be after 1552 and before 1554; the table on f. 6r runs from 1553 to 1590 and the chronicle notes on f.25r run to the beheading of the Duke of Somerset in 1552.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>