VMs: Medeltidshandskrift 47

[Nick Pelling <nickpelling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

At 13:08 22/11/2004 +0000, Rob Hicks wrote:
> Another worth a look (old news): [...]
> Codex Laurentius

Thanks Rob! Note that this is actually "Mh 47", according to 
http://laurentius.lub.lu.se/index_by_idno.html ...

        Medeltidshandskrift 47
        Title: Miscellany: Astronomy
        Place of origin: Germany (?)
        Date of origin: 15th century, late or early 16th century
        Language: Latin

The main Mh 47 index page is here:-
        http://laurentius.lub.lu.se/volumes/Mh_47/

More detailed info on it (thankfully in English) is here:-
        http://laurentius.lub.lu.se/volumes/Mh_47/detailed/

BTW, you can get directly to all the scans (small gifs, medium jpegs, large 
tiffs) here (including some nice volvelles!):-
        http://laurentius.lub.lu.se/storage/Mh_47/

FWIW, my original guess, based on the dotted sun-glyph (which Florentines 
appropriated from Egypt circa 1480, IIRC), from the intermediate Capricorn 
glyph (typically pre-1500), and from the 15th century style of number that 
it was likely to date to 1480-1500. The detailed info page suggests 
1500-1510, based on the watermarks and some dates embedded in the text (a 
horoscope from 1477, and the dates 1505 and 1506 elsewhere), which was 
nice. :-)

Finally, on this interesting-looking Mh 47 page, what does the top-right 
diagram signify? The central part is reminiscent of some VMs diagrams, 
particularly on the nine-rosette fold-out...
        http://laurentius.lub.lu.se/storage/Mh_47/Mh_47-f_15_r.jpg

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling..... 


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