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Title

Facsimile of LJS 188, Ynstruction of the ephimeredes

Authors

Dot Porter, University of Pennsylvania LibrariesFollow

Date of this Version

9-20-2015

Files

Comments

Instructions in 22 chapters for the use of ephemerides, astronomical tables giving the positions of planets, the sun, and the moon. Includes tables for the latitude of the moon, hourly motion of planets, duration of lunar eclipses, and lunar motion. A table for the risings and settings of fixed stars is 'rectyfyed to the yere of our Lorde 1540 complete' (f. 17r).

Keywords

Astronomy--Early works to 1800, Ephemerides--Early works to 1800 Codices, Manuals (instructional materials), Tables (documents), Manuscripts English--16th century, Manuscripts Renaissance

See More at Penn in Hand

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5028998

Link to Video

http://repository.upenn.edu/sims_video/36/

Link to OPENN

http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs188.html

Recommended Citation

Porter, Dot, "Facsimile of LJS 188, Ynstruction of the ephimeredes" (2015). Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS): EBooks. 213.
https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_ebooks/213