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Title	Astronomical miscellany (French), VGG F 10
Content	Collection of astronomical works (Cosmographia). Contains, among others: (ff. 32r-55v) Canones circa tabulas astronomica / John of Saxony. French translation. - (ff. 56r-79v) La pratique de l'astrolabe (Usages de l'astrolabe) / Jean Fusoris.
Creator/other	Fusoris, Jean (c.1365-1436) Johannes de Saxonia (c.1250-c.1325)
Shelfmark	VGG F 10
Subject (topical)	Reading culture artes (MMDC)
Subject (temporal)	Middle Ages 15th century
Note	Layout: Spaces reserved foor initials and for most of the drawings. Tables, diagrams and drawings on ff. 64v-100r. Binding: Post-medieval binding (17th century, Thevenot). - Leather (sheepskin, yellowbrown) over pasteboard. - Spine renewed, with original title shield pasted on top: "COSMOGRAPH.". Textual: (ff. 56r-79v) On Jean Fusoris see Poulle 1963. Description (Bouwman 2023): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3619870 Description (Senguerdius & 1716): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:290399 Description (Catalogus compendiarius 1932): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:491294 Also described by Jonas.
Reference	Bouwman 2023 = A. Bouwman, Inventory of western medieval manuscripts held by Leiden University Libraries. Leiden 2023 Catalogus compendiarius 1932 = [H.P. Blok,] Catalogus compendiarius continens codices omnes manuscriptos qui in Bibliotheca Academiae Lugduno-Batavae asservantur. Vol. 1 (Leiden 1932), Gumbert 1982 = J.P. Gumbert, 'Manuscrits français mediévaux à Leyde. Liste provisoire des manuscrits médiévaux en langue français à la Bibliothèque universitaire de Leyde. In: Q.I.M. Mok & al. (eds.), Mélanges de linguistique, de littérature et de philologie médiévales, offerts à J.R. Smeets. Leiden 1982, p. 145-156. Gumbert 1994 = J.P. Gumbert, 'Medieval Manuscripts in French in the Leiden University Library: A Handlist'. In: P.R. Monks & D.D.R. Owen (eds.), Medieval Codicology, Iconography, Literature, and Translation. Studies for Keith Val Sinclair. Leiden [etc.] 1994, p. 28-47, Jonas = Répertoire des textes et des manuscrits médiévaux d'oc et d'oïl Poulle 1963 = E. Poulle, Un constructeur d'instruments astronomiques au XVe s., Jean Fusoris. Paris 1963. Senguerdius & 1716 = W. Senguerdius & al., Catalogus librorum tam impressorum quam manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Publicae Universitatis Lugduno-Batavae. Leiden 1716,
Language	French
Country	France
Extent	electronic resource
Published/created	France 15th century
Persistent URL	http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:2040960
Published (digital)	Leiden University Libraries,