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- [1601x1614] / (Creation)
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256 pp. (foliated and paginated 3 blank ff. + 244 pp. + 3 blank ff.) ;192 x 140 to 210 x 154 mm.Rebound at NLW.The end of the manuscript has been badly affected by damp.The end of the manuscript has been badly affected by damp.
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Scope and content
A manuscript of the Speculum Mathematicum sive de numerorum figuratorum resolutione of James Dowson of Chester (printed 1614), with astrological notes; and 'Shorte astrologicall judgments of the 12 howses of the heavens, first written by Gerrardus and after by Cornelius Agrippa augmented'.
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Conditions governing access
Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
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Language and script notes
Latin, English.
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Finding aids
The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part I (Aberystwyth, 1940-3), 4 and in Prof. Edward Bensley, Catalogue of Peniarth Manuscripts which are Wholly or Partly in Latin (NLW), 59.
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Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Note
Formerly Hengwrt MS 374.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 360 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Name access points
- Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486?-1535. (Subject)
- Gherardo, da Cremona, 1113 or 14-1187 (Subject)
- Dowson, James (Subject)