File Peniarth MS 360 [RESTRICTED ACCESS]. - Speculum mathematicum,

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Peniarth MS 360 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

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Speculum mathematicum,

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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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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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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.

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Latin, English.

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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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Formerly Hengwrt MS 374.

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Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 360 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

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vtls004443593

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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  • Text: Peniarth MS 360 [RESTRICTED ACCESS]; $q - The end of the manuscript has been badly affected by damp.; $z - Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies..
  • Microform: $h - MEICRO PENIARTH MS 360.