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| Keywords: Treatises On Natural Science, Philosophy, And Mathematics - Planets.jpg en Diagram In A Volume Of Treatises On Natural Science Philosophy And Mathematics This manuscript is typical of the sort of book owned by medieval university students its contents are academic it is small and easily portable the text is written in small cursive script and with minimal decoration On a flyleaf is a partially erased inscription recording that it was given by a university graduate to an Oxford school; a later medieval inscription records its ownership by Holy Trinity collegiate church at Tattershall in Lincolnshire This diagram and others like it occur in a treatise on the planets Rather than being fitted into the available margins like most of the other diagrams in the manuscript it is clear that the scribe made an allowance and left spaces for them http //www bl uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/illmanus/roymanucoll/d/011roy000012e25u00177v00 html http //www bl uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/illmanus/roymanucoll/d/011roy000012e25u00177v00 html unknown medieval authors 1300 From the British Library Online Gallery Medium Ink and pigments on vellum Date 1300 Shelfmark Royal MS 12 E xxv Item number f 177v Length 18 4 Width 13 Scale Centimetres Genre Illuminated manuscript PD-old-100 Medieval university Illuminated manuscripts in the British Library British Library Royal Manuscripts | ||||
