Early 15th-century manuscript. Part 1: folios 1r-498r, col. a According to information gathered from Ramón Menéndez Pidal, Larry Lee Collins, Mariano de la Campa, Inés Fernández-Ordóñez, and Aengus Ward, this includes a prólogo of the Estoria de España, and an incomplete copy of the "Versión primitava" of the Estoria de España, written under t...
Contributor:
Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon, 1221-1284
Created:
1200 - 1499
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
Manuscript on vellum, Latin, approximately 1270; red and black. The Canones of Arzachel are preceded by a 2 leaf summary (folio 7-8) which internal evidence assigns to approximately 1407 or 8. See folio 112 for evidence. Binder's title on case: Toledo astronomical tables.
Creator:
Gherardo, da Cremona, 1113 or 1114-1187; Arzachel, active 1080; William, of Marseilles, active 1231
Created:
1270
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
Manuscript, translated to French ca. 1372 from the original Latin of the mid-thirteenth century. An important medieval encyclopedia that covers all of the sciences known at that time, including theology, philosophy, medicine, chronology, zoology, botany, geography, astronomy, and mineralogy. Dedicated to King Charles V of France (d. 1280).
Creator:
Bartholomaeus Anglicus, active 13th century
Contributor:
Corbichon, Jean (translator)
Created:
1372 - 1400
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
Includes travel accounts by Frère Hayton, Wilhelm von Boldensele, Theodericus of Würzburg, Godfrey of Bouillon, Sir John Mandeville, Jacopo da Verona, Joannes de Hese, Jordanus (canonicus osnaburgensis), Henricus de Hispania, and Alexander of Tralles.
Creator:
von Boldensele, Wilhelm, approximately 1285-approximately 1338; Mandeville, Sir John; de Hese, Joannes; Phillipps, Sir Thomas, 1792-1872; Hayton, Frère, approximately 1235-approximately 1314; Theodericus, of Würzburg, active 1172; Godfrey, of Bouillon, approximately 1060-1100; da Verona, Jacopo, active 1335; Jordanus, canonicus osnaburgensis; Henricus, de Hispania; Alexander, of Tralles, approximately 525-approximately 605
Created:
1424
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
Includes travel accounts by Frère Hayton, Wilhelm von Boldensele, Theodericus of Würzburg, Godfrey of Bouillon, Sir John Mandeville, Jacopo da Verona, Joannes de Hese, Jordanus (canonicus osnaburgensis), Henricus de Hispania, and Alexander of Tralles.
Creator:
von Boldensele, Wilhelm, approximately 1285-approximately 1338; Mandeville, Sir John; de Hese, Joannes; Phillipps, Sir Thomas, 1792-1872; Hayton, Frère, approximately 1235-approximately 1314; Theodericus, of Würzburg, active 1172; Godfrey, of Bouillon, approximately 1060-1100; da Verona, Jacopo, active 1335; Jordanus, canonicus osnaburgensis; Henricus, de Hispania; Alexander, of Tralles, approximately 525-approximately 605
Created:
1424
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:6,500,000. Manuscript, produced in Venice. Inscriptions in Italian (Venetian dialect) and Portuguese. On the upper border of the chart is a scale of miles which represents 400 miles. For a discussion of this chart see: Cortesão, Armando. The nautical chart of 1424. Coimbra : University of Coimbra, 1954.
Creator:
Pizzigano, Zuane
Created:
1424
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
Holograph signed: Michiel Moro [di?] Marin. Written in Italian; addressed to Venice by a Venetian firm's agent in London. Accompanied by an English translation (translator unknown), and a commentary by Lucio Marson, dated 1973 March 16, Rutherford, N.J. (5 leaves of typescript).
Creator:
Moro, Michiel
Contributor:
Dolpfin, Laurenzius
Created:
1444
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
This fragment of an unknown planisphere is of special interest for its portrayal of Africa. Area shown extends from the British and Canary Islands on the west to the Red and Black Seas on the east.
Created:
1450
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.