Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

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__|a  (OCoLC)ocn747428748

__|a  (OCoLC)747428748

__|a  (PU)5032004-penndb-Voyager

__|a  PU |e  amremm |c  PAULM |d  OCLCG |d  PAULM

__|a  PAUM

__|a  ocn122591906

_9|a  LJS 191

00|a  [Treatise on astronomy and astrology] |h  [manuscript].

__|a  [England, |c  ca. 1496]

__|a  18 leaves : |b  paper ; |c  190 x 140 (170 x 112) mm. bound to 197 x 150 mm.

__|a  Ms. codex.

__|a  Title supplied by cataloger.

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

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

__|a  Script: Written in a secretary script.

__|a  Binding: Modern calf, formerly stab-sewn.

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

4_|a  Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), |c  p. 75 (LJS 191).

__|a  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.

__|a  LJS 191

1_|a  Formerly owned by James Alleyn (signature in another part of parent manuscript).

1_|a  Parent manuscript formerly held in the library of the Marquesses of Bute, Ms. 13.

1_|a  Sold at auction at Sotheby's as part of the Bute collection, 13 June 1983, lot 32 (part 7).

1_|a  Appears in H. P. Kraus's cat. 180 (1988), no. 133.

1_|a  Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 22.

1_|a  Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.

1_|a  Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.

__|a  Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

_0|a  Astrology |v  Early works to 1800.

_0|a  Astronomy |v  Early works to 1800.

_0|a  Ephemerides |v  Early works to 1800.

_7|a  Codices. |2  aat

_7|a  Tables (documents) |2  aat

_7|a  Treatises. |2  aat

_0|a  Manuscripts, English (Middle) |y  15th century.

_0|a  Manuscripts, Renaissance.

1_|a  Alleyn, James, |e  former owner.

1_|a  Stanitz, John D., |e  former owner.

__|b  Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts |a  University of Pennsylvania |e  3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. |j  LJS 191

__|a  C0 |b  PAULM

__|a  DLA |b  20111010