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MS. Savile 16

Summary Catalogue no.: 6562

Physical Description

Composite: fols. 1–39 || fols. 40 -end

Binding

White leather on boards with traces of two clasps, 15th-cent. English work.

MS. Savile 16 – Part 1

Contents

1.
Nicholas Oresme, De motibus spherarum
Language(s): Latin
3.
Roger Bacon, Perspectiva
Language(s): Latin
4.
Arithmetical treatise
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good diagrams, partly representational. (Pächt and Alexander i. 623)

History

Origin: 14th century, end ; French

MS. Savile 16 – Part 2

Contents

1.
Alfraganus, Rudimenta
Language(s): Latin
2.
Messahala, Astrolabium
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century ; French (?)

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 1103
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 1104

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.