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De scientia physica


Sphaera mundi
Author: Aristotle
Author: Joannes de Sacro Bosco (active 1230)
Calligrapher: Unidentified artist
17th–18th century
Place of Origin: Germany?

Medium/Technique Manuscript in pen and variously colored inks with illuminated initials
Dimensions Overall: 20.2 x 16 x 5.1 cm (7 15/16 x 6 5/16 x 2 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Maxim Karolik
Accession Number64.1148
NOT ON VIEW
Germany?: 17th-18th century

Description(Germany?: 17th-18th century) Quarto; 332 leaves; original blind-stamped brown leather (brown cloth box).

Manuscript of various scientific texts concerning physics and astronomy, written in various scripts with numerous illuminated initials
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Boston (1893-1963), by whom bequeathed to MFA, September 23, 1964.