Heraclii Imperatoris Commentarius in Ptolemaei
Canones προχεὀρους. Idemque de Paschate Christiano.
Liber emendate scriptus, rarus, ineditus.
f.i (This perhaps in Young's hand.) Probably the treatise is transcribed from Bodl. MS. Cromwell 12, p.1025
f.ii Ἐπὀγραμμα εἰς τοάς προχεὀρους κανὠ̑νας
(haec ex alio mso cod. de astron. descripsi).
4 lines beginning
Δέρκεο βὀβλον τα′την ἡ̑ς γε πατὴρ πτολεμαὶος.
Table of chapters (23) headed
f.1 ἄνχιδος (ἄνακτος) ἐστίν ἡ βὀβλος ἡρακλεὀου
α̅. Ὅ σα δεὶ προειδέναι τοάς ὁρχομένους του̑ κανὠ̑νος.
Text of c.1 begins
Ὅτι ἡ σ′στασις τω̑ν κανὠ̑νων γέγονεν ἐν τῃ κατ| αὺγυπτον ὁλεξανδρεὀᾷ.
c. 23 ends on p.133: τὴν ζωοποιὥν ὁνάστασιν Χριστου̑ του̑ Θεου̑ ἡμω̑ν ἐπιτελου̑ντες. Χαὀροντες κ. δοξάζοντες τὥ πανάγιον αὑ̑του̑ ἡ̑νομα σάν τω̑ ὁνάρχω πατρί κ. ζωοποιω̑ κ. παναγὀω πνε′ματι νυ̑ν κ. ὁεί κ.τ.λ. ὁμᾠν.
Then follow two folded sheets in Arabic with diagrams.
The first has the Libellus Hypsiclis de Ascensionibus, ὁνέκδοτος.
The second, on p.1
Inc. liber Theodosii de diebus et noctibus.
On p.2
Finis libri Aristarchi de Corpore Luminarium (scil. Solis et Lunae),
and some further notes in Latin.
The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
O.1.19
Shelfmark | O.1.19 |
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Alternative Title | Heraclius Graece |
James Number | 1043 |
Century | 17th |
Provenance | Part of the Gale collection, given to T.C.C. by Roger Gale in 1738.C. 61. No. 193. |
Donor | Gale, Roger (1672-1744), Antiquary |
Size (cm) | 21 x 16 |
Folio | 2 + 133 pp. written, and two folding sheets inserted. |
Material | Paper |
Language | ArabicGreek |
IIIF Manifest URL | https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/O.1.19/manifest.json |
Online Since | 19/06/2020 |
Contents
Bibliography
Tihon, A., 'L'astronomie byzantine (du Ve au Xve siècle)', Byzantion 51 (1981), 603-24