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Manuscript №
176
Location
Cambridge
Collection
University Library
Reference
Add. 6860
Headnote
Astronimica et Mathematica
Estimated date of production
s.xiv (in)
Folia
iv+149+iii
Place of production
Produced for
Notes
Remains of more of the French text survive on scraps after fol. 155v; flyleaves i-iv are Peter Comestor's Historia Scholastica; "On 1r in the hand of Henry de Kirkstede. . .is the inscription "Liber monachorum sancti Edmundi de dono fratris Thome de Scrouteby. A. 229" (Ringrose 280). "Grandsen suggests (p. 269) that Scrouteby may have given the MS in unbound quires" (Ringrose 280).
Sources for this record
Ringrose, J. S., ed. "Summary Catalogue of the Additional Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge University Library Acquired before 1940." Woodbridge, UK: Boydell.

Manuscript contents

Contents
Text Title Language Start folio (ordinal) End folio (ordinal) Total pages
1 Honorius Augustodunensis, De Imagine Mundi Latin 1r (1) 19r (37) 36.5
2 De mensuracione terre Latin 19r (37) 19v (38) 1.5
3 Solar and lunar tables Latin 21r (41) 25r (49) 9.0
4 Bartholomaeus Anglicus, De proprietatibus Rerum (extracts) Latin 25v (50) 32v (64) 15.0
5 Nova forma composicionis novi quadrantis Latin 33r (65) 34r (67) 3.0
6 Astronomical notes and tables Latin 35r (69) 42v (84) 16.0
7 Further astronomical notes and tables Latin 43r (85) 48r (95) 11.0
8 De natura planetarum et stellarum Latin 48v (96) 53r (105) 10.0
9 Albumazar, Flores Astrologiae Latin 55r (109) 60v (120) 12.0
10 Pseudo-Messahalla, De Astrolabio Latin 66r (131) 77v (154) 23.5
11 Canones lune Latin 77v (154) 82v (164) 10.0
12 De complexione signorum Latin 82v (164) 84v (168) 4.0
13 Table Latin 84v (168) 85v (170) 2.5
14 Robert Grosseteste, Prologue to the lunar table Latin 86v (172) 86v (172) 0.5
15 De composicione novi quadrantis Latin 86v (172) 87v (174) 2.5
16 Astronomical tables Latin 88r (175) 90v (180) 6.0
17 De composicione chilindri Latin 91r (181) 93r (185) 4.5
18 Astronomical tables Latin 93r (185) 101v (202) 17.5
19 Robert Grosseteste, Compotus Correctorius Latin 102r (203) 118r (235) 32.5
20 Johannes de Sacrobosco, Algorismus Latin 118r (235) 123r (245) 10.0
21 Johannes de Sacrobosco, Computus ecclesiasticus Latin 123r (245) 137r (273) 28.5
22 Johannes de Sacrobosco, Tractatus de sphaera Latin 137v (274) 143v (286) 13.0
23 Further tables Latin 144r (287) 150v (300) 14.0
24 A series of tables described in the contents list on ivb Latin 151r (301) 154v (308) 8.0
25 Housbondrie, by Walter of Henley (Dean no. 394) French 155r (309) 155v (310) 2.0

Owners of this manuscript

Owners
Owner number Owner Period Gender Type Source
1 Brother Thome de Scrouteby s.xiv (ex) man clerical Ringrose, J. S., ed. "Summary Catalogue of the Additional Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge University Library Acquired before 1940." Woodbridge, UK: Boydell.
2 monachorum sancti Edmundi s.xiv (ex) man clerical Ringrose, J. S., ed. "Summary Catalogue of the Additional Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge University Library Acquired before 1940." Woodbridge, UK: Boydell.