The title in gold:
Heronis Alexandrini spiritalium libri duo Graeci manuscripti numquam adhuc neque latini impressi.
Dedication in Latin
Ad illmum Principem Hermestum comitem Palatinum Rheni, utriusque Bauariae ducem, administratorem Frisingensem.
Signed Josephus Auria.
Text
Ἥρωνος ίλεξανδρέως πνευματικών πρώτον.
Τὴς πνευματικὴς πραγματείας σπουδὴς ἠξιωμένης.
Lib. II. begins on f.26 and ends on f.44b:
Προσενεχθέντος αὑ̑τἤ ποτηρὀου πὀεται.
Spaces are left throughout for diagrams. After the text diagrams follow, occupying 17 leaves.
The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
| Shelfmark | O.4.9 |
|---|---|
| Manuscript Title | Hero of Alexandria, Pneumatica |
| Alternative Title | Heronis Pneumatica. |
| James Number | 1240 |
| Century | 16th |
| Physical Description | Very well written. |
| Provenance | Part of the Gale collection, given to T.C.C. by Roger Gale in 1738. G. 3 (? 2). No. 287. There is a handsome title-page with painted border. In the lower margin a shield quarterly 1 and 4 sa a lion rampant or 2 and 3 lozengy of arg and az an inescutcheon obliterated. |
| Donor | Gale, Roger (1672-1744), Antiquary |
| Size (cm) | 34 x 22.5 |
| Folio | 44 ff. of text and 17 of drawings. |
| Binding | In red morocco (? German work) with handsome gold tooling |
| Material | Paper |
| Language | GreekLatin |
| IIIF Manifest URL |  https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/O.4.9/manifest.json |
| Online Since | 13/09/2021 |
Contents
Bibliography
Morgan, N., and S. Panayotova, et al., ed.,Illuminated Manuscripts in Cambridge : A Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the the Cambridge Colleges. Part One, The Low Countries, Germany, Bohemia, Austria, Hungary, 2 vols., (London, 2009), vol. 1, no. 129
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