A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Bodl. 300

Summary Catalogue no.: 2474

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (fol. 1)
Roger of Hereford, Theorica planetarum
Rubric: Theorica magistri Rogeri Herfordensis
Incipit: Universi astrologi secundum diuersos annos
2. (fol. 19v)
Campanus of Novara, Theorica planetarum
Rubric: Theorica planetarum Campani . quod xx . xviij
Incipit: Sol habet vnum circulum

Imperfect.

F. S. Benjamin, Campanus of Novara and medieval planetary theory (1971), sig. b (desc. pp. 60-1)
3. (fol. 40v)
Robert Grosseteste (?), Theorica planetarum correcta
Rubric: Theorica planetarum secundum Lincolniensem
Incipit: Circulus ecentricus uel egresse quisque uel dicitur egrediens
4. (fol. 45)
Theorica planetarum Gerardi
Rubric: Theorica planetarum
Incipit: Circulus ecentricus & egresse cuspidis & egredientis centri
5. (fol. 53)
Henry of Hesse, De reprobatione eccentricorum et epiciclorum
Incipit: Cum inferiorum cognitio
eTK 0309B
6. (fol. 64v)
Richard of Wallingford, Quadripartitum de sinibus demonstrativis
Incipit: Quia canones non perfecte
7. (fol. 81v)
Ps.-Robert Grosseteste, Practica astrolabii
Rubric: Tractatus astrolabij
Incipit: Astrolabij circulos & membra
eTK 0154C
Thomson, Grosseteste, 243
8. (fol. 84)
Roger of Hereford, De ortu et occasu signorum
Rubric: Tractatus Herfordensis de ortu & occasu signorum
Incipit: Orizon rectus est circulus
eTK 0640C, citing only this copy
9. (fol. 90)
Averroes, Middle Commentary on Aristotle, Poetics (tr. Hermannus Alemannus)
Incipit: Postquam cum non modico labore

Ends unfinished 'inducet nomina alterius, scilicet poete, ideoque deride' on col. i of fol. 98v.

Aristoteles Latinus, vol. 33, sig. Oy (p. xxv).

At this point the following treatises are now lost but occur in the old list of contents-'Canones J. de Liverys: item Canones magistri Redde: item Canon super tabulas equacionis domorum magistri J⟨ohannis⟩ Walter: item Canones Alfonci: item Canon de ortu etc. qui prius'.

10. (fol. 99)
Astrological treatise
Incipit: ||predictum sunt tot 4um 3um
Explicit: radiorum eciam proiecciones et Attazir ex consequenti

The first three (?) leaves are lost. The author was a pupil of Johannes de Liveriis (fol. 108r, col. 2).

11. (fol. 110)
Johannes de Muris, Musica speculativa
Rubric: Musica magistri Johannis de Muris [a slightly later title]
Incipit: Quoniam musica est de sono

Version B (Meyer, 2003; cf. E. Witkowska-Zaremba, Musica Muris i nurt spekulatywny w muzykografii średniowiecznej, Studia Copernicana 32 (Warszawa 1992), p. 147)

12. (fol. 115)
Johannes de Muris, Notitia artis musicae
Rubric: Sufficiencia musice organice edita a magistro Johanne de Muris ...
Incipit: Princeps philosophorum Aristoteles
13. (fol. 118v)
Rubric: Composicio consonanciarum in simbalis secundum Boicium
Incipit: Omne instrumentum musice
J. Smits van Waesberghe, Cymbala: Bells in the Middle Ages (1951), p.39-40
(fols. 119ra-119va)
De mensura fistularum
(fol. 119ra-rb)
Rubric: Ars ad fistulas organorum menciendas [sic for metiendas] secundum Guidonem
Incipit: Cognita consonancia in cordis & cimbalis

Printed by Klaus-Jürgen Sachs, Mensura fistularum: die Mensurierung der Orgelpfeifen im Mittelalter (Musikwissenschaftliche Verlags-Gesellschaft, 1970) as 'Prima fistula ad', pp. 99-113.

(fol. 119rb-119va)
Rubric: Gilbertus de proporcionibus fistularum ordinandis
Incipit: De hiis instrumentis que flatus aspiracione
Incipit: Primam fistulam quante magnitudinis vis facies
Incipit: (fol. 119va l. 45) Circa latitudinem fistularum est sciendum

Printed as two separate texts by Sachs, 'Primam fistulam quantae' (pp. 116-7, 118-9, 122-3, 124-5) and 'Circa latitudinem' (pp. 140-1)

Followed (fol. 119va-b) by some musical notanda.

Incipit: Nota quod antiqui musici
14. (fol. 120v)
John Peckham, Perspectiva
Rubric: Perspectiua J. Pysani
Incipit: Inter philosophie consideracionis studia

In three parts.

15. (fol. 132v)
John Holbroke, Tabulae cum canonis

Prologue only, here without title

Incipit: Quoniam celestium motuum

Ends imperfect.

eTK 1265H
16. (fol. 133)
Arzachel, Opus astrolabii (part 1, tr. William the Englishman)
Rubric: Composicio instrumenti quod Saphea dicitur, siue astrolabium Arzachelis
Incipit: Siderei motus & effectus
eTK 1500I
(fol. 134)
Arzachel, Opus astrolabii (part 2, tr. Profatius Iudaeus and Iohannes Brixiensis)
Rubric: Liber operacionis tabule que Saphea dicitur patris Ysaac Arzachelis
Incipit: Descripcionum que sunt in facie
eTK 0403B
(fol. 139v)
Rubric: Kata in numeris

Dealing with proportions.

Incipit: Quod catha coniuncta posset haberi per numerum

Ends imperfect

The following treatises were originally at the end of this volume--'Tabule Alphonsi: item Tabule magistri J. Holbruke prime & secunde [see art. 15. Cr.]: item Tabule numerorum proporcionabilium: item Tabule Johannis de Liuerys: item Tabule equacionis domorum: item Tabule magistri Redde'. A note by sir Thomas Bodley on fol. iv calls attention to the defects in this volume. The outer margins of foll. 75 and 79 are cut off.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 141 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): c. 380 × c. 235 mm.

Layout

2 cols., c. 46-52 lines; frame-ruled in ink, c. 265 × 170 mm. , 10 mm. between columns.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 816:

Penwork initials.

Diagrams.

Binding

Blue leather over medieval (?) boards.

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Clare College (formerly University Hall, formerly Clare Hall): 'Ex dono magistri Yngham quondam huius collegii socius' (fol. 1v). John de Ingham was fellow of Clare Hall in 1402 and 1403 (BRUC 326). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Bought for the library with a gift of Sir Robert Cecil, c. 1605. (MLGB3)

Record Sources

Description adapted (Sept. 2024) from the Summary Catalogue (1922),with reference to published literature as cited and limited additional description. Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue with limited additional description.