MS. Bodl. 874
Summary Catalogue no.: 2932
Contents
1. (p. 1)
, Perspectiva Rubric: Tractatus Perspectiue, habens tres partes ...
Incipit: Cupiens te & alios
With diagrams and some later notes
Language(s): Latin
2. (p. 71)
, De speculis Incipit: Ex concauis speculis
With an added passage on p. 87, which begins 'Annis domini 1331'
Language(s): Latin
3. (p. 89)
, Capitula Almansoris Rubric: Capitula stellarum ablata ⟨oblata(?)⟩ regi magno Saracenorum ⟨ab⟩ Almansor astrologo filio Abrahe Iudei a Tiburtino Platone translata
Incipit: Signorum disposicio est ut dicam
(translated by Plato of Tivoli) In 150 propositions
Language(s): Latin
4. (p. 96)
, Notule de speculis Incipit: ⟨Notandum quod⟩ quia omnes axes
A short piece printed with Roger Bacon's treatise in Combach's Specula Mathematica (1614) and possibly by Bacon
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
iv + 100 pages
Dimensions (binding): 11.125 × 7.875 in.
Condition
The first and last few leaves are stained
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'... Abendon', (15th century). 'Liber Ænei Collegij Oxon.' (a half-erased 16th century inscription). Another inscription, erased, is on fol. 97
Presented by William Dun, D.M., of Exeter college, Oxford, in 1605
MS. Bodl. 874, flyleaves
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Parchment
History
Origin: 14th century
Additional Information
Record Sources
Description adapted (March 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-03-27: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)