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Title

Facsimile of LJS 397, Astronomy lecture notes

Authors

Dot Porter, University of Pennsylvania LibrariesFollow

Date of this Version

1-22-2015

Files

Comments

Student lecture notes for the second level of instruction in astronomy at the university at Wittenberg during Philipp Melanchthon's tenure on the theology faculty there, including discussion of spherical astronomy, atmospheric refraction, conversion of degrees into miles, and the use of astronomical tables. Some marginal notes with loss due to trimming.

Keywords

Astronomy--Early works to 1800, Astronomy--Germany--History--16th century Codices, Diagrams, Lecture notes, Manuscripts Latin--16th century, Manuscripts Renaissance

See More at Penn in Hand

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5160792

Link to OPENN

http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs397.html

Recommended Citation

Porter, Dot, "Facsimile of LJS 397, Astronomy lecture notes" (2015). Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS): EBooks. 103.
https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_ebooks/103