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Book/Printed Material Iohannis de Sacrobusto, Anglici, uiri clarissimi, Spera mundi feliciter incipit. [Gerardi Cremonensis, uiri clarissimi, Theorica planetaru[m] feliciter incipit]

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Title

  • Iohannis de Sacrobusto, Anglici, uiri clarissimi, Spera mundi feliciter incipit. [Gerardi Cremonensis, uiri clarissimi, Theorica planetaru[m] feliciter incipit]

Names

  • Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, active 1230
  • Gherardo, da Cremona, 1113 or 1114-1187
  • Gherardo, da Sabbioneta, active 13th century
  • Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Impressa Venetijs : Per Franciscu[m] Renner de Hailbrun, 1478.

Headings

  • -  Astronomy--Early works to 1800

Genre

  • Incunabula--Italy--Venice--1478

Notes

  • -  Titles from p. [1], [57] (incipits, printed in red).
  • -  The Theorica planetarum is usually considered to be by the Cremona astrologer Gherardo da Sabbioneta, although some authorities ascribe it to the Gerardus Cremonensis who died 1187. Cf. Dict. of scientific biog., suppl., p. 189 for a summary of the evidence.
  • -  Both works were first printed in 1472. Cf. The awakening interest in science during the first cent. of printing / Margaret Bingham Stillwell. no. 63, 70.
  • -  Imprint from colophon.
  • -  Signatures: a-b⁸ c-d⁶ e-f¹⁰.
  • -  Goff J-402
  • -  Hain-Copinger 14108
  • -  BM 15th cent., V, p. 195 (IA.19869)
  • -  LC copy: paragraph marks in red (original printed black paragraph marks overpainted, and new marks added elsewhere); ill. hand-colored; marginalia throughout first work; ownership inscriptions on p. [1]: Fr[atr]is Bernardini minimi, and Bibliothecae [co]nventus Romani S. Andreae de Traisis (a third, a personal name, is undecipherable). St. Andreas was an Augustinian monastery in Austria; cf. Cottineau, column 2586.

Medium

  • [96] p. : diagrams (woodcuts) ; 19 cm. (4to)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1478 .S25 QB41
  • Incun. 1478 .S25 Copy 2 Copy 2. Without quires e-f (p. [57] to end, containing the Theorica planetarum). Inscription on flyleaf: I[oh]n H[e]n. Alexander to the Maryland Academy of Science and Literature.
  • Incun. 1478 .S25 Copy 3 Copy 3. Without quires e-f. Paragraph marks in red added up to p. [19]. One ill. hand-colored. Marginalia and inter-linear notes.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 87176190

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Sacro Bosco, Joannes De, Active 1230, Da Cremona Gherardo, Da Sabbioneta Gherardo, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. Iohannis de Sacrobusto, Anglici, uiri clarissimi, Spera mundi feliciter incipit. Gerardi Cremonensis, uiri clarissimi, Theorica planetarum feliciter incipit. [Impressa Venetijs: Per Franciscum Renner de Hailbrun, 1478] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/87176190/.

APA citation style:

Sacro Bosco, J. D., Gherardo, D. C., Gherardo, D. S. & Jay I. Kislak Collection. (1478) Iohannis de Sacrobusto, Anglici, uiri clarissimi, Spera mundi feliciter incipit. Gerardi Cremonensis, uiri clarissimi, Theorica planetarum feliciter incipit. [Impressa Venetijs: Per Franciscum Renner de Hailbrun] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/87176190/.

MLA citation style:

Sacro Bosco, Joannes De, Active 1230, et al. Iohannis de Sacrobusto, Anglici, uiri clarissimi, Spera mundi feliciter incipit. Gerardi Cremonensis, uiri clarissimi, Theorica planetarum feliciter incipit. [Impressa Venetijs: Per Franciscum Renner de Hailbrun, 1478] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/87176190/>.