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[De philosophia mundi] ... [etc.].

Author/Creator:
William, of Conches, 1080-approximately 1150.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
21 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 206 x 146 (165 x 120) mm bound to 208 x 152 mm
Production:
[Germany], [circa 1150]
Status/Location:
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Standardized Title:
Philosophia mundi
Subjects:
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Astronomy.
Geography -- Early works to 1800.
Geography.
Meteorology -- Early works to 1800.
Meteorology.
Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine.
Form/Genre:
Codices.
Treatises.
Diagrams.
Maps (documents)
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Language:
Latin.
Summary:
Treatise in 4 books on astronomy, geography, meteorology, and medicine, followed by a work on Gospels attributed to Hugh of Saint-Victor.
Contents:
1. f.1r-19v: [De philosophia mundi / William of Conches]
2. f.19v-21r: Expositio Hugonis de Evangeliis / [Hugh of Saint-Victor]
Notes:
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger based on predominant work.
Foliation: Parchment, 21 ; [1-21] ; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 34-38 lines; ruled in drypoint; prickings visible at outer edges.
Script: Written in German transitional script (or protogothic script) with archaic forms by 3 hands (f. 1r-19v column B line 25, 19v column B line 26-20r, 20v-21r; Erik Kwakkel, Leiden University).
Decoration: 16 maps and diagrams (f. 8v-9r, 10v-11r, 13r-13v, 15r); 6 2- or 3-line initials in red (f. 1r, 2v, 6r, 11v, 14v).
Binding: Modern parchment.
Origin: Written in Germany, circa 1150 (Kwakkel).
Local notes:
Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.
Penn Provenance:
Sold by Hirsch to E. P. Goldschmidt, 1928 (Goldschmidt stock books, Grolier Club); appears in Goldschmidt cat. 18 (no. 47), cat. 21 (no. 10), cat. 23 (no. 97), cat. 25 (no. 84), 1929-1930.
Sold by E. P. Goldschmidt to Charles Joseph Singer, 1932.
Formerly owned by William A. Foyle (Beeleigh Abbey, Essex; leather bookplate inside upper cover).
Sold at auction as part of Foyle's collection at Christie's, 11 July 2000, lot 7, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle in honor of David McKnight, Director, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Penn Libraries, 2013.
Cited in:
Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 132 (LJS 384).
Cited as:
UPenn LJS 384
Contributor:
Singer, Charles, 1876-1960, former owner.
Foyle, William A. (William Alfred), 1885-1963, former owner.
Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Contains:
Hugh, of Saint-Victor, 1096?-1141. Expositio de Evangeliis.
OCLC:
802432692