An Astronomical Treatise (Tract. Astron. Hiber.)
This Gaelic manuscript draws on many sources, mainly a Latin translation of an original Arabic work by Mashallah, a Jewish astronomer from Basra in modern day Iraq who flourished just before 800 A.D. The Latin translation by Gerardus Sabionetanus, 'De Scientia Motus Orbis', was printed in...
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End of fourteenth century - beginning fifteenth century
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| Online Access: | View raw Irish Script on Screen IIIF |
| Collection: | Archives and Manuscripts |
| Summary: | This Gaelic manuscript draws on many sources, mainly a Latin translation of an original Arabic work by Mashallah, a Jewish astronomer from Basra in modern day Iraq who flourished just before 800 A.D. The Latin translation by Gerardus Sabionetanus, 'De Scientia Motus Orbis', was printed in Nuremberg in 1504. |
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| Item Description: | Previous location V3.1.38 (This number appears on the spine). See also Y.4.21. See enclosures file Z2.2.1(a) which contains transcripts of part of manuscript. See also Z2.2.21 (English translation). |
| Physical Description: | 12 fols : 26 diagrams ; 311 x 220 mm |
| Binding Note: | Rebound possibly around end of 19th century. |
