Beinecke MS 448               Italy, s. XVI^^1
Astrological Tables (in It.)

Astrological tables for solar and lunar locations, probably for
use in compiling calendars; tables of latitudes of cities;
chronological tables for 1508-18.  Most tables are
accompanied by prose descriptions, in Italian.

     Paper (watermarks:  trimmed, in upper margins; unidentified eagle
enclosed by a circle similar in design to Briquet Aigle 204), ff.
i (paper) + 16 (f. 16 glued to contemporary leaf added at end) + i
(paper), 185 x 136 (137 x 106) mm.  Ca. 28 long lines of text;
frame-ruled in ink, with only horizontal bounding lines full across.
     A single gathering of 16 leaves (+ 1 leaf added at end).
     Written in Italian notarial script by a single scribe.
     Yellow added to initials and to astrological signs, and some numbers.
     Stained throughout; final folio repaired.
     Binding:  s. xviii.  Blind-tooled brown sheepskin.

Written in Italy in the first half of the 16th century, to
judge from the dates in the chronological tables; early modern provenance
unknown.  On f. i verso, in red:  "114" with "AS [?]".  Acquired from
Rosenkilde and Bagger (Copenhagen) in 1971 as the gift of the
Yale Library Associates.

Barbara A. Shailor