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Astronomical tables of declinations and ascensions and a table of sines, copied not long after their completion by Regiomontanus in 1467.
Support: parchment and paper; Extent: 95 leaves : 214 x 142 mm bound to 220 x 152 (170 x 98) mm; Collation: Paper with 2 parchment bifolia, 95; 1¹²(-1) 2-8¹²; inner and outer bifolia of first gathering parchment, with first leaf now missing; [1-190 (151-167 blank)], modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners 1-55, upper right recto 57-185; modern signatures in pencil, 1-8, lower left first recto.
Written in 48 long lines, with vertical bounding lines in ink (text); most tables in landscape orientation, with 18 columns, with double vertical and upper horizontal bounding lines.
Written in Gothic cursive script by Johannes de Kuppferberg (p. 33).
Tables in black and red ink (p. 35-150, 168-185); rubrication, underlining, and paragraph numbers in text in red ink, with spaces left for initials 3 to 6 lines in height (p. 1-33).
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger from first printed edition.
4. p.168-185: [Tabella sinus recti]
1. p.1-2: [Dedicatory letter to János Vitéz, Archbishop (1465-1472) of Esztergom, Hungary]
3. p.35-150: [Tabulae directionum et profectionum]
2. p.2-33: [Introduction]
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Austria or Hungary
Written in Austria or Hungary, circa 1476 (based on watermark).
Modern mottled calf with paste paper endpapers, marbled edges, and 19th-century gilt spine laid down.
Latin
Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.
Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 3.
Sold by a French dealer before 1957 (catalog description, inside upper cover).
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
Sold by Laurence Witten to Harrison D. Horblit, 1957.
Appears in H. P. Kraus's cat. 155 (1980), no. 16.
Austria or Hungary
Written in Austria or Hungary, circa 1476 (based on watermark).
Latin
Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.
Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz
Sold by a French dealer before 1957
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
Sold by Laurence Witten to Harrison D. Horblit, 1957.
Appears in H. P. Kraus's cat. 155
Astronomical tables of declinations and ascensions and a table of sines, copied not long after their completion by Regiomontanus in 1467.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger from first printed edition.
4. p.168-185: [Tabella sinus recti]
1. p.1-2: [Dedicatory letter to János Vitéz, Archbishop (1465-1472) of Esztergom, Hungary]
3. p.35-150: [Tabulae directionum et profectionum]
2. p.2-33: [Introduction]
Written in Gothic cursive script by Johannes de Kuppferberg (p. 33).
Tables in black and red ink (p. 35-150, 168-185); rubrication, underlining, and paragraph numbers in text in red ink, with spaces left for initials 3 to 6 lines in height (p. 1-33).
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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