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Astronomy Tables

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Astronomical collection, 15th century

 Item
Identifier: MS 130
Scope and Contents Collection of astronomical texts in German.Kalendar: starts on f. 1v. It contains lunary and planetary tables combined. Saint particulalrly linked with Germany appear in the Kalendar: 6 January – The Three Kings (Cologne); 7 January – Saint Valentine Bishop (Passau and Apostle of Rhoetia); 15 June – Saint Vitus Martyr; 13 October –: Saint Kolman Martyr.Küngsperger: starts on f. 13v. A series of tables, one for each of the...
Dates: 15th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

Composite manuscript including two texts, 14th century

 Item
Identifier: MS 128
Contents

Contains two texts, in two different hands.


ff. 1-11v: 'De sphaera mundi' by Johannes de Sacrobosco


ff. 12r-16: 'De Substantia orbis' [incomplete] by Averroes



Writing

Fairly written by two hands, with diagrams, but initials have not been inserted.

Dates: 14th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

Kalendar and Astronomical Tables, late 15th century [1482?]

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Identifier: MS 126
Contents This manuscript was created in Scotland in the late 15th century, possibly around 1482 as that is the date of the Kalendar. The Kalendar is Cistercian, and the manuscript belonged to the Cistercian Priory of Coupar-Angus. After the Kalendar, which provides the important dates in the liturgical year, there are many charts and diagrams related to astrology.The contents are as follows:f. 1r: A Poem by Saint Bernard. It is titled ...
Dates: late 15th century [1482?]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

[Untitled] almanac, 1091 AH, 1680 CE

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Identifier: Or Ms 729
Scope and Contents An untitled almanac, showing conversion tables and diagrams (including a volvelle and an image of the Kaʿbah) for calculating days of the week, multiannual cycles, the months of the Syrian (Christian) calendar, and the months of the Islamic lunar (Hijri) calendar in conjunction with twelve astrological phases for calculating the solar year. The reader is guided by densely written quotations attributed to a certain Şeyh Vefa (Shaykh Vafāʾ) focussed on calculations for the ...
Dates: 1091 AH; 1680 CE
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia