Composite manuscriptCanon law
Aratea text: Excerptum de astrologia
Francia (?) — s. IX-X / s. XIIex - s. XIII1/3
Selected literature: , 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:
E. Pellegrin, et al., Les manuscrits classiques latins de la Bibliothèque Vaticane. Vol 2: Fonds Vatican latin, 2901 - 14740. Vatican, 2010. |