<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 astronomical texts</dc:title><dc:date>approximately 1470-1530.</dc:date><dc:language>lat</dc:language><dc:description>Manuscript compendium of astronomical and astrological texts, including a version of the Kalendarium of Regiomontanus, with lunar eclipse tables for the years 1475-1530 and a solar calendar for 1475-1513. Other contents include a number of astronomical and astrological tables and texts. including a poem on auspicious and inauspicious days (first line: "Fortunata dies operum disponere causas"); the Canon de aspectibus planetarum; the Cognitiones naturarum secundum nativtates; and a variety of prognostic texts based on zodiac signs and the day of the week on which January 1 falls in a given year. The volume also contains several quadrant diagrams and a working volvelle</dc:description><dc:description>In Latin.</dc:description><dc:description>Bookseller description available.</dc:description><dc:description>Inscribed at the head of 2r: S[an]c[t]i Cristofori Taurini Ad usu[m] fr[atr]is Anto[ni]i de lanteo.</dc:description><dc:description>Signature of Joseff Gregri da Bologna? on back cover.</dc:description><dc:description>Bookplate of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman on front pastedown.</dc:description><dc:description>Tipped in before f1: printed catalog description of this volume, undated.</dc:description><dc:description>Layout: main text in single columns of approximately 35 lines; wide margins.</dc:description><dc:description>Script: gothica textualis italiana.</dc:description><dc:description>Decoration: rubricated. Initials in red and blue ink, some with penwork flourishing; many blank spaces for initials. Illustrations of lunar eclipses. Charts, diagrams, and volvelles in red, blue and brown ink.</dc:description><dc:description>Binding: contemporary boards, rebacked.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>