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INTRODUCTION
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the table of contents it is styled Theorica Campani de motis
planetarum. This was the work of Joannes Campanus de
Novaria, a Lombard, whose date has not been decided beyond
controversy. At one time he. was placed as early as the
eleventh century, but the close of the thirteenth now has most
support.1 It is followed first by calculations on the conjunc¬
tions of the planets for 1306-1315, and on f. 26 by a Kalen-
darium de scaccario, ‘ in usum auditorum compotorum, 2 as the
table of contents adds, and on f. 27 by a calendar which bears
the name of Elveden. Walter de Elvedene’s name is asso¬
ciated with other calendars, for instance one running to 1327,
in Egerton ms., 831.3 From the names of saints in the Corpus
Christi ms. Calendar (in which no years are given), and from a
mark K on the fly-leaf, Dr. M. R. James has suggested that a
Bury provenance is possible in the case of this manuscript.4
On ft'. 36-37a are arithmetical tables, and on ft. 37b-f. 43, a
calendar, followed by another with three cycles of eclipses of
the sun and moon worked for 1330-1386, and illustrated with
coloured figures of eclipses. On f. 46 is an explanation of the
‘liber compoti’ or calendar in Latin verse, and on f. 48 an
‘ algorism ’ in Latin verse, and on f. 50 astronomical tables.
On f. 52 is a tractatus de fatis in French prose, and on f. 61 a
iractatus Hippocratis in Latin prose, on the knowledge of
diseases through astronomy.
A separate section with separate foliation then begins, f. 66,
with a list in French of the names of English castles, abbeys,
and priories arranged under counties. On f. 73 follow (in
Latin) the names of the hundreds, vills, and hamlets of Suffolk,
1 See Chevalier’s Repertoire; Hist. Lilt, de France, xxi. 248 ; and Fabricius,
Bibl. Lot., i. 301.
2 Of this Exchequer Calendar Madox made a copy, now extant in the B. M.
Add. MS., 4563.
3 Walter de Elvedene, who lived to a great age, and died about 1360, was
fellow of Gonville Hall. See Venn’s Biographical History of Gonville and Cains
College, i. 2.
4 Sources of Archbishop Parker’s Collection of MSS. at C. C. C. C. Cambridge
Antiquarian Society, 1899. r
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the table of contents it is styled Theorica Campani de motis
planetarum. This was the work of Joannes Campanus de
Novaria, a Lombard, whose date has not been decided beyond
controversy. At one time he. was placed as early as the
eleventh century, but the close of the thirteenth now has most
support.1 It is followed first by calculations on the conjunc¬
tions of the planets for 1306-1315, and on f. 26 by a Kalen-
darium de scaccario, ‘ in usum auditorum compotorum, 2 as the
table of contents adds, and on f. 27 by a calendar which bears
the name of Elveden. Walter de Elvedene’s name is asso¬
ciated with other calendars, for instance one running to 1327,
in Egerton ms., 831.3 From the names of saints in the Corpus
Christi ms. Calendar (in which no years are given), and from a
mark K on the fly-leaf, Dr. M. R. James has suggested that a
Bury provenance is possible in the case of this manuscript.4
On ft'. 36-37a are arithmetical tables, and on ft. 37b-f. 43, a
calendar, followed by another with three cycles of eclipses of
the sun and moon worked for 1330-1386, and illustrated with
coloured figures of eclipses. On f. 46 is an explanation of the
‘liber compoti’ or calendar in Latin verse, and on f. 48 an
‘ algorism ’ in Latin verse, and on f. 50 astronomical tables.
On f. 52 is a tractatus de fatis in French prose, and on f. 61 a
iractatus Hippocratis in Latin prose, on the knowledge of
diseases through astronomy.
A separate section with separate foliation then begins, f. 66,
with a list in French of the names of English castles, abbeys,
and priories arranged under counties. On f. 73 follow (in
Latin) the names of the hundreds, vills, and hamlets of Suffolk,
1 See Chevalier’s Repertoire; Hist. Lilt, de France, xxi. 248 ; and Fabricius,
Bibl. Lot., i. 301.
2 Of this Exchequer Calendar Madox made a copy, now extant in the B. M.
Add. MS., 4563.
3 Walter de Elvedene, who lived to a great age, and died about 1360, was
fellow of Gonville Hall. See Venn’s Biographical History of Gonville and Cains
College, i. 2.
4 Sources of Archbishop Parker’s Collection of MSS. at C. C. C. C. Cambridge
Antiquarian Society, 1899. r
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| Description | Contents: The Scottish king's household and other fragments from a 14th century manuscript / Mary Bateson -- The Scottish nation in the University of Orleans, 1336-1538 / John Kirkpatrick -- Muster-roll of the French garrison at Dunbar, 1553 / Robert S. Rait -- The antiquity of the Christian religion among the Scots, 1594 / Henry D.G. Law -- The apology for William Maitland of Lethington, 1610 / Andrew Lang -- Some letters and correspondence of George Graeme / L.G. Graeme -- A Scottish journie, being an account in verse of a tour from Edinburgh to Glasgow in 1641, by P.J. / C.H. Firth -- Narratives illustrating the Duke of Hamilton's expedition to England in 1648 / C.H. Firth -- Certain papers of Robert Burnet ... Gilbert Burnet ... and Robert Leighton / H.C. Foxcroft -- Letters and documents relating to Robert Erskine, physician to Peter the Great, 1677-1720 / Robert Paul -- The will of Charlotte Stuart, Duchess of Albany, 1789 / Francis Steuart -- Index. |
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