De utilitatibus astrolabii

Description

Title: De utilitatibus astrolabii
Creator: Hermannus, Contractus, 1013-1054
Published / Created: [between 1190 and 1200]
Publication Place: France (?) or Germany (?)
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment (one bifolium, one fragment) of 1) Hermannus Contractus, De utilitatibus astrolabii, text of bifolium not continuous. 2) Hermannus Contractus, Liber de mensura astrolabii, Book 1, portions of chs. 5-6. Annotated by several contemporary hands
Description: In Latin.
Script: Written in romanesque minuscule verging on gothic bookhand.
Plain initials, 3- to 2-line, headings and horizontal lines for chart in orange. Diagram of dial on f. 2r; star chart on f. 3v.
Bifolium used as a wrapper for a book numbered "5311".
Provenance: Purchased from H. P. Kraus in 1969 as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke.
Extent: ff. 3 : bifolium leaf 201 x 125 (161 x 70) mm.; fragment 202 x 63 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval France 12th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Hermannus, Contractus, 1013-1054.
Subject (Topic): Astrolabes
Astronomy, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Hermannus, Contractus, 1013-1054
Astrolabes > Early works to 1800
Astronomy, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 12th century
Germany > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Hermannus Contractus, De Utilitatibus Astrolabii. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.