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Title

Facsimile of LJS 497, Canones vel operationes in operando quadrante

Authors

Dot Porter, University of Pennsylvania LibrariesFollow

Date of this Version

1-30-2015

Files

Comments

Illustrated treatise on the use of the astrolabe quadrant, including locating and predicting the positions of stars; computing the 12 houses of the horoscope; and measuring altitude, latitude, and time.

Keywords

Astronomy--Early works to 1800, Quadrants (Astronomical instruments)--Early works to 1800 Codices, Diagrams, Pen-and-wash drawings, Tables (documents), Treatises, Manuscripts Latin--16th century, Manuscripts Renaissance

See More at Penn in Hand

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4915187

Link to OPENN

http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs497.html

Recommended Citation

Porter, Dot, "Facsimile of LJS 497, Canones vel operationes in operando quadrante" (2015). Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS): EBooks. 18.
https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_ebooks/18