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

MS. Bodl. 432

Summary Catalogue no.: 2589

Astronomical and astrological tables and notes for use in Oxford

Contents

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)

Last Substantive Revision

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