MS. Bodl. 432

Summary Catalogue no.: 2589

Astronomical and astrological tables and notes for use in Oxford

Language(s): Latin

(fol. 28)

William Reed, Tabulae Oxonienses cum canonibus

Rubric: Canones tabularum magistri Willelmi Rede episcopi Cicestrensis qui obijt anno Domini 1330

(fol. 36, 45)

John Walter, Tabulae et canones

Rubric: Canon magistri Johannis Walter

(fol. 57v)

John Killingworth, Astronomical tables

Rubric: Canon super tabulas Kelyngworth editus per magistrum Pray

John Killingworth died at Oxford in 1444 (see fol. 28)

For mr. (Thomas) Pray, fl. 1444-?1499, see Emden, BRUO, III.1514-15.

Astronomical tables

Some tables at fols 3v and 4 run from 1340 to 1601; some on fol. 63v from 1460 to 1560

Further details of the contents of this manuscript can be found in the Old Catalogue of 1697

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: 78 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 9 × 6.75 in.

Condition

A leaf appears to be missing before fol. 56

History

Origin: c. 1460 ; England, Oxford (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Oxford occurs at fols 1, 15 and 17; Bishop Rede and Killingworth were both at Merton College

On the flap of the back cover is a hand which is probably John Twyne’s (Andrew Watson, Medieval Manuscripts in Post-Medieval England [Ashgate, 2004], p. 151, fn. 33)

Presented by Thomas Twyne in 1612

Record Sources

Description adapted (December 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922)

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 440

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-12-26: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)

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