Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

[Treatise on astronomy and astrology] [manuscript].

[England, ca. 1496]

18 leaves : paper ; 190 x 140 (170 x 112) mm. bound to 197 x 150 mm.

Treatise in nine chapters addressing ephemerides, astrological signs, planets, their aspects, fixed stars (veryfied the yere of our lorde 1496, f. 8v), weather forecasting, and favorable days for various activities. Followed by three canons for favorable times for bloodletting, giving medicine, and planting (f. 15r-18v). With one table relating the signs of the zodiac and the planets (f. 3r). A note in a later hand on the flyleaf following the manuscript refers to conditions from the beginning of March or from the vernal equinox to the summer solstice.

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Paper, ii (modern) + ii + 18 + ii + ii (modern); 1¹⁶ 2²; 1-18, contemporary foliation in ink, lower right recto.

Layout: Written in 24-29 long lines; ruled in drypoint.

Script: Written in a secretary script.

Binding: Modern calf, formerly stab-sewn.

Origin: Written in England, ca. 1496 (f. 8v).

LJS 191

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania LJS 191