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Composite manuscript, two parts (Latin, Provençal): 1. (ff. 1-53) Almanac (Latin) / Jacob ben Machir ibn Tibbon, and other text(s). - 2. (ff. 54-73) Astronomical tables and canons (Provençal) / Levi ben Gerson, SCA 46

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Title	Composite manuscript, two parts (Latin, Provençal)
Subtitle	1. (ff. 1-53) Almanac (Latin) / Jacob ben Machir ibn Tibbon, and other text(s). - 2. (ff. 54-73) Astronomical tables and canons (Provençal) / Levi ben Gerson, SCA 46
Content	Part 1 contains, in Latin: (ff. 1r-4r) Almanac, computed for the meridian of Montpellier / Jacob ben Machir ibn Tibbon (?). - (ff. 7r-9v) De aspectibus planetarum ad lunam. - (ff. 10r-33v) Astronomical tables and calendar. - (ff. 36r-40v) De imbribus / Abū Maʻshar. - (ff. 41r-50v) Astrologia medicorum / Pseudo-Hippocrates. - Empty: ff. 5r-6v, 34r-35v, 51r-52v. Part 2 contains, in Provençal: (ff. 54r-73v) Astronomical tables (54v-67r) and canons with explanations (68r-73v) / Levi ben Gerson. - Also contains: (f. 74r-v) Horoscope of Johanna d'Estutoville, born March the 17th, 1453. On paper, later added. - Empty: f. 67v. A parchment sheet (330x290 mm) with Levi's tables for mean syzygies (in their original circular form) and originally attached to the other tables, is kept separately under shelfmark SCA 46*.
Creator/other	Abū Maʿšar, Ǧaʿfar b. Muḥammad (ca786-886) Hippocrates Jacob ben Machir ibn Tibbon (ca1236-ca1304) Lewi (1288-1344) Hugo Petrus (ca. 1250-ca. 1316) Lupis-family Estutoville, Johanna d'. Scaliger, Josephus Justus (1540-1609)
Shelfmark	SCA 46
Subject (topical)	Reading culture artes (MMDC)
Subject (temporal)	Middle Ages 15th century
Note	Date (part 2): According to Mancha 2006. Script: Part 1 written by various scribes. - Part 2 written by one scribe. Binding: Post-medieval binding. Textual: (ff. 1r-4r) "Almanach ordinatum super villam Montispesulani [Incipit:] Quia omnes homines naturaliter scire desiderant...". - (ff. 7r-9v) "De aspectibus planetarum ad lunam [Incipit:] "Fortunata dies ad agenda negocia regum...". - (ff. 36r-40v) Treatise translated from Arab into Latin by Hugo von Sankt Gallen. Incipit: "Superioris discipline inconcussam veritatem prout Indorum monet auctoritas ...". - (ff. 41r-50v) Treatise translated from Greek into Latin by Pietro d'Abano. The translation of this text has also (erroneously) been attributed to William of Moerbeke. With astronomical tables. Incipit: "Dixit gloriosissimus ypocras qui fuit medicus ...". - (ff. 54r-73v) In Provençal. The canons (68r-73v) edited by Mancha 2006. Incipit: "Dis Leon debayhnols iusieu daurengua sia lausat lodieu dalsegle que ..." Description (Bouwman 2023): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3619870 Description (Senguerdius & 1716): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:290399 Description (Molhuysen 1910): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:2040420 Description (Catalogus compendiarius 1932): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:491294 Also described by MMDC and A.W. Byvanckgenootschap (database RKD, The Hague).
Reference	Bouwman 2023 = A. Bouwman, Inventory of western medieval manuscripts held by Leiden University Libraries. Leiden 2023 Byvanck 1931 = A.W. Byvanck, Les principaux manuscrits à peintures conservés dans les collections publiques du Royaume des Pays-Bas. Paris 1931, Catalogus compendiarius 1932 = [H.P. Blok,] Catalogus compendiarius continens codices omnes manuscriptos qui in Bibliotheca Academiae Lugduno-Batavae asservantur. Vol. 1 (Leiden 1932), Mancha 1998 = J.L. Mancha, 'The provençal version of Levi Ben Gerson's Tables for Eclipses'. In: Archives internationales d'histoire des sciences 48 (1998), Mancha 2006 = J.L. Mancha, 'The Provençal version of Levi ben Gerson's tables for eclipses'. In: Studies in medieval astronomy and optics. Aldershot 2006, p. 269-353, Molhuysen 1910 = P.C. Molhuysen, Codices Scaligerani (praeter Orientales). Leiden 1910, Senguerdius & 1716 = W. Senguerdius & al., Catalogus librorum tam impressorum quam manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Publicae Universitatis Lugduno-Batavae. Leiden 1716,
	In collection:
Part of	Scaliger, J.J. (1540-1609)
Language	Latin Provençal (to 1500)
Country	France
Form	Part 1: ff. 1-52 : miniature, border decoration, decorated initials, tables ; 220x158 mm ; Part 2: ff. 54-73 ; 210x150 mm
Extent	1 volume, 74 leaves 81 scans
Ownership	Ownership by the De Lupis family based on the coat of arms and the motto "non sine causa" on ff. 1r and 4r. - J.J. Scaliger.
Published/created	Part 1: France, mid 15th century ; Part 2: France, southern part, mid 14th century
Persistent URL	http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3735515
Published (digital)	Leiden University Libraries,