Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 456: Iohannes de Sacro Bosco, Tractatus de sphaera. Alexander de Villa Dei, Algorismus. Richard of Bury, Philobiblon. Secreta secretorum

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Abstract/Contents

Summary: CCCC MS 456 is a late fourteenth-century manuscript that contains miscellaneous texts, some of them scientific. These include Iohannes de Sacro Bosco (fl. early thirteenth century), Tractatus de sphaera, the treatise by Richard of Bury (1281-1345) on the collection and study of books, the Philobiblon, Alexander de Villa Dei (c. 1170-c. 1240) Algorismus, and the Latin translation of the Arabic version of the Secretum secretorum by Philip of Tripoli (fl. c. 1243), which is also in CCCC MS 407. This last work, popular in the later Middle Ages, is a compilation of advice on political and ethical matters directed towards rulers. In addition, there are three anonymous astronomical and mathematical treatises. Of all of these texts, it was surely Richard of Bury's Philobiblon that attracted Parker to this manuscript, since the Archbishop and the erstwhile bishop of Durham shared a love of books not simply for their contents, but as objects in themselves.
Contents: Tractatus de sphaera -- Commentarius opus metricum de compoto manuali -- Algorismus -- The Theory of the Moon -- The Theory of the Planets -- Philobiblon -- Secreta secretorum (incl. Epistola Aristotelis ad Alexandrum)

Description

Alternative title	Joh. de Sacro Bosco, etc. Philobiblon Ric. de Bury. Secreta Secretorum
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	ff. 1 + 12 + 88 + 69
Date created	[ca. 1375 - 1399]
Language	Latin
Material	Vellum
Layout	three volumes, 40, 27 and 23 lines to a page
Height (mm)	174
Width (mm)	122
Collation	1 flyleaf, 1(12) \| 2(12)-4(12) 5(14) 6(12)-8(12) 9 (two) \| a(8)-h(8) i (five).
Writing	in three clear hands : the first two rather rough, the second very pretty
Foliation	ff. i-ii + pp. 1-340 + ff. iii-iv

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date	xiv late?
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:ts698js3665/MS_456.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:sh803cs3448/456.pdf
Contains	Title Iohannes de Sacro Bosco, Tractatus de sphaera. 3-26 James Joh. de Sacro Bosco de Sphaera. 3-26 Author Iohannes de Sacro Bosco Incipit (3) Tractatum de spera in quattuor capitula diuidimus Note (4) Only one diagram Explicit (23) tota mundi machina dissoluetur Rubric (23) Explicit tractatus de spera Note pp. 24-26 blank Title Commentarius opus metricum de compoto manuali. 27-44 James Compotus manualis. 27-44 Incipit (27) Compotus iste diuiditur in sex partes quarum prima docet inuenire literam dominicalem Note Ends with verses Explicit (44) Non licet hic licet hic hic non licet hic licet hic nonEst aries taurus gemini cancer leo uirgoLibra est scorpio architenens caper amphora piscis Note (45) blank Title Alexander de Villa Dei, Algorismus. 46-76 James Alexander de Villa dei de algorismo. 46-76 Author Alexander de Villa Dei Incipit (46) Hec algorismus ars presens dicitur in qua Note (76) With prose insertions: ending Explicit (76) et habebis 22 que est summa predicte progressionis. hec iam dicta sufficiant ad dei laudem. Amen Title The Theory of the Moon. 77-96 James Theorica lunae. 77-96 Incipit (77) Circulus ecentricus circulus egresse cuspidis et egredientis centri idem sunt Note Spaces and whole pages left blank for figures Explicit (96) quod sit eclipsis lune in oppositione Rubric (96) Explicit theorica lune Title The Theory of the Planets. 97-126 James Theorica planetarum. 97-126 Incipit (97) Circa theoricam trium superiorum est sciendum Note No diagrams inserted Explicit (126) et ideo luna non retro graditur vide figuram Rubric (126) Explicit theorica planetarum Title Richard of Bury, Philobiblon. 127-204 James Ricardi de Bury Philobiblon. 127-204 Author Richard of Bury Incipit (127) Uniuersis Christo fidelibus ad quos tenor presentis scripture peruenerit Ric. de Bury miseracione diuina dunelmensis episcopus. Quid retribuam domino pro omnibus que retribuit michi Note Ends imperfectly Explicit (202) ac eiusdem concedit perpetuum fruibilis fa\|-ciei conspectum Note This and the colophon are added in a Parkerian hand Title pseudo-Aristotle, Secreta secretorum (incl. Epistola Aristotelis ad Alexandrum). 205-339 James PS.-Aristotelis Secreta Secretorum. 205-339 Author pseudo-Aristotle Note (203) On the first page are a receipt and memorial verses on the sees of England and on musical notes [excerpt from De octo tonis] (204) blank Prologues Incipit (205) Domino suo.. Guidoni viro de valencia ... Philippus Explicit (208) feliciter peruenire Note (208) Capitula of the ten books Incipit (213) Deus eternus custodiat regem nostrum Explicit (215) alie naciones Incipit (215) Iohannes qui transtulit hunc librum Explicit (216) sub hac forma Rubric (216) (Epistola Aristotelis missa regi Alexandro) Incipit (216) O fili gloriosissime Note The division into ten books indicated in the capitula is not fully preserved in the text (225) Liber II (of capitula) de temperamento potestatis legis begins on p. 225 not noted in text (298) Liber III. de forma iusticie, etc. p. 298 noted in margin (302) Liber IV. de baiulis regis, etc. p. 302 (320) Liber V. de scribis, etc. p. 320 (321) Liber VI. de nunciis p. 321 (322) Liber VII. de propositis regum, etc. p. 322 (323) Liber VIII. de dispensacione, etc. p. 323 (326) Liber IX. de regimine bellatorum, etc. p. 326 (330) Liber X. qui dicitur phisonomia aristotelis p. 330 (339) Ending Explicit (339) ad meliorem et probaciorem partem. Completus est tract. de signis et moribus naturalibus hominum ad Regem magnificum Alex. qui dominatus fuit toti orbi dictus monarcha in septentrione Rubric (339) ffinito libro sit laus et gloria Christo. precium iiijs (?) Note (340) blank
TJames	281
Stanley	T. 2
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/dm805gn6112
Location	MS 456
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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