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Gatherings from Books VII-XX of Thomas's general introduction to science, including parts of his sections on fish, insects and invertebrates, trees, cosmology and astronomy, herbs, springs, gems, wind and clouds, the four elements, stars, and eclipses. One of the earliest known copies of this text. Notes in a modern German hand on front flyleaves and occasionally in margins.
Support: parchment; Extent: 56 leaves : 184 x 132 (138 x 105) mm. bound to 185 x 138 mm; Collation: Parchment, iii (modern paper) + 56 + iii (modern paper) leaves; 1-2⁸ 3¹⁰ 4¹⁰(-1) 5¹² 6¹⁰(-9); [1-112] ; modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners. A few catchwords are visible (p. 16, 70); most have been cropped.
Written in 2 columns of 31 lines; ruled in faint ink; prickings visible on many leaves.
Written in Gothic book and Gothic cursive script, by several hands.
8-line inhabited initial with dragon and marginal extensions (p. 95); 8-line and 9-line inhabited initial with dragons (p. 56, 80); 8-line and 9-line initial in red, brown, pink, green, and blue (p. 39, 60); 3- and 4-line initials alternating between red and blue with contrasting penwork; rubrication and running headings in red; capitals touched with red in most of the manuscript (p. 1-75, 95).
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.
Transcription, in same modern German hand as notes on front flyleaves and bound in same modern paper binding, boxed with manuscript.
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.
France or Flanders
Written in Northern France or Flanders, ca. 1250-1275.
Modern paper.
Latin
Formerly in a private collection in Iceland; formerly owned by Pierre Patrick Gorman and sold in 1994.
Sold by Sam Fogg, cat. 16 (1995), no. 57, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2010.
France or Flanders
Written in Northern France or Flanders, ca. 1250-1275.
Latin
Formerly in a private collection in Iceland; formerly owned by Pierre Patrick Gorman and sold in 1994.
Sold by Sam Fogg, cat. 16
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2010.
Gatherings from Books VII-XX of Thomas's general introduction to science, including parts of his sections on fish, insects and invertebrates, trees, cosmology and astronomy, herbs, springs, gems, wind and clouds, the four elements, stars, and eclipses. One of the earliest known copies of this text. Notes in a modern German hand on front flyleaves and occasionally in margins.
Ms. codex.
Transcription, in same modern German hand as notes on front flyleaves and bound in same modern paper binding, boxed with manuscript.
Written in Gothic book and Gothic cursive script, by several hands.
8-line inhabited initial with dragon and marginal extensions (p. 95); 8-line and 9-line inhabited initial with dragons (p. 56, 80); 8-line and 9-line initial in red, brown, pink, green, and blue (p. 39, 60); 3- and 4-line initials alternating between red and blue with contrasting penwork; rubrication and running headings in red; capitals touched with red in most of the manuscript (p. 1-75, 95).
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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