Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. 4162 (draft description)

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Aratea text: Excerptum de astrologia

Francia (?) — s. IX-X / s. XIIex - s. XIII1/3

Selected literature: Pellegrin (2010), pp. 385-387.

Codicological unit 1: ff. 1-37

s. XIIex - s. XIII1/3

1r-37v Incipit dogmatum ecclesiasticorum diffinitio niceni concilii. de trinitate quia non est confusa in una persona Credimus unum deum esse patrem et filium et spiritum sanctum

Codicological unit 2: ff. 38-53

Parchment — s. IX or X

Support: 2 quaterniones: ff.38-45 and ff.46-53.

Hands: Caroline minuscle.

38r-44r Alcuin: Disputatio de rhetorica

50v-52r Excerptum de astrologia Excerptum de astrologia Felicis Capellae Duo sunt extremi uertices mundi quos appelant polos … — … usque decurrit accipiens. Explicit.

52r-v Quem circulum unumquodque signorum tangat Text on the position of the constellations within the celestial sphere; found also in Vienna, ÖNB, Cod. 2269 and in Metz, BM MS 271. Quem circulum unumquodque signorum tangat A capite draconis tangit dextrum pedem engonasi … — … ultimam partem sagittae.

52v-53v Admonitions - later additions (s. XII); incl. warning against the immoral mythical stories.

53r-53v Aurelianus Reomensis: Musica disciplina (excerpt from cap. 8 De tonis octo Diximus etiam octonos consistere in musica … — … pressior est quam superiorum. Text written by a different contemporary hand.

Codicological unit 3: ff. 54-61

Parchment — s. IX

Support: 1 quaternio.

Hands: Caroline minuscle.

Selected literature: Entry in Innovative Knowledge DB.

54r-61v Isidore: Etymologiae, Mathematica (Lib. III, Praefatio - cap.9) Praefatio de quattuor sequentibus disciplinis. Mathematicae Mathematica latinae dicitur doctrinalis scientia … — … et omnes infiniti sunt. On ff. 60r-v figures representing the numbers. Red initials filled with green.

61v Excerpt from the world-chronicle of Bede, De temporum ratione (later addition - s. XIIex) Iudeorum suscepti principatum quae tenuit annis triginta sex … — … neptem aristoboli fratris hircani qui ante eum.


Abreviated Literature:

Pellegrin (2010)E. Pellegrin, et al., Les manuscrits classiques latins de la Bibliothèque Vaticane. Vol 2: Fonds Vatican latin, 2901 - 14740. Vatican, 2010.

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