MS. Bodl. 472
Summary Catalogue no.: 2492
Contents
Astronomical and astrological treatises, of which there is a list on fol. xxviiv.
Language(s): Latin
The annus Arabum may be according to the Mundane Era beginning B.C. 4008.
Followed (at fol. 26) by notes respecting the sun, moon and planets, and eclipses
A treatise on the construction and use of the quadrant: in middle 'Expliciunt Composicionis quadrantis. Incipiu⟨n⟩t Vtilitates': followed by a note and table.
The text has been attributed to Iohannes Eligerus de Gondersleuen (fl. 1350-1357): see Emmanuel Poulle, 'Le Quadrant nouveau médiéval, II' Journal des savants, 3 (1964) 182-214 (at 211-12, citing the present manuscript).
With diagrams: followed at 47v-49r by general astronomical and astrological notes, partly referring to A.D. 1407-8, and including 'Colores stellarum fixarum'.
The translation presumably by Salio of Padua.
With some later marginal notes.
With marginal notes and diagrams.
A treatise on the composition and use of the quadrant
Followed at fol. 120v by a table of the declination of the ecliptic.
Exract from Book VI
Followed (fol. 155v) by a note on 'anni solis fridarii'.
For fols. 175-198 see below.
Ending at 'aliquantulum carum' a few lines from the end of the text as printed in 1485. With later marginal notes.
Foll. ii-xxvi, 175-198 are inserted blank leaves.
At fol. xxvii is a Dutch astronomical table (15th cent.).
At fol. 174v is the beginning of a list of the contents of Haly Aben Ragel ('Hali Habenragels zone') de Iudiciis Astrorum, with a translation of most of the Latin translator's preface, in Dutch. The author's name is Abû'l-Hasan 'Alî ibn Abî'lRijâl: this is part of a Dutch translation (2nd half of 15th cent.) of the Latin version (by Aegidius de Thibaldis of Parma and Petrus de Regio) of the Spanish version by Judah ben Moses: after fol. 174 four leaves are cut out, which perhaps contained more of the Dutch piece.
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols., c. 28-50 lines; column space c. 195-200 × 70 mm.
Hand(s)
Written by Tristrandus.
Decoration
Coloured capitals.
Diagrams and tables.
Binding
Blind-stamped leather binding over millboards (s.xvi in). With clasp fittings (but the leather clasps are lost). Title 'Albvbat' on fore-edge, 'Albvbather' on head. Boards reused.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Fol. 20 (covering fols. 1-20 col. 1): 'Scriptus et finitus louen' [Louvain] per manus tristrandi anno domini . 1437. sexto die mensis septembris hora .9. post meridiem.' Fol. 20 col. 2 to fol. 49 col. I line 27 is undated but was presumably written between the times when the adjacent items were written. Fol. 55 (covering fol. 49 col. 1 line 28 to fol. 55): 'Et sic est finis huius libri anno domini 1437 mercuri die ante festum symonis.' Fol. 102 (covering fols. 55-102): 'Explicit liber... Finitus anno domini . 1437. In die decembris .16. die [sic] In die lune infra nonam et decimam post Prandium.' After this there are no more dated colophons. Fols. 103-43 appear to be a continuation of the last dated part but the rest of the book is less and less carefully written and may have been copied at another time. It is, however, all in the same hand, and foliation throughout is by the original scribe. The paper has a variety of watermarks.
'Liber N. de Pulchromonte' (16th cent.): Nikolaus von Schönberg (1472-1537) (?)
Given in 1601 by William Camden.
MS. Bodl. 472 - endleaves
Contents
The fly-leaves are from the end of a 15th cent. parchment Latin theological roll of a dialogue between the Virgin and 'Peccator': ends 'nullus fere quantumcunque peruersus nobis remanere possit'.
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-07: Description revised to incorporate all information from printed catalogues; additional description of content.