Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPG 78

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  • Contains in Greek: (f. 1v) Intercalary table. - (f. 2r) Epact cycle. - (ff. 3r-49r, 156r-161v) Commentarius parvus in Ptolemaei Tabulas manuales / Theon of Alexandria. - (ff. 49v-74v) Various tables, lists and texts on chronology and astronomy. - (ff. 75r-145r) Tabulae manuales / Ptolemy. Intermixed with (a.o.) a fragment of: Commentarius magnus in Ptolemaei Tabulas manuales . Theon of Alexandria's (113v-114r). - (f. 145v-150v, 152r) Hemerologium / Theon of Alexandria (?).
    Subject (temporal):
    Middle Ages
    9th century

    Titre(s) :
    Composite manuscript (Greek)
    Tabulae manuales
    astronomical tables
    Commentarius in Ptolemaei Tabulas manuales
    1. (ff. 1-2, 52-152) Tabulas manuales / Ptolemy, and other text(s). - 2. (ff. 3-51) Commentarius brevior / Theon of Alexandria, and other text(s) - And other part(s), BPG 78

    Langue(s) des textes : grec

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Claude Ptolémée (0100?-0170?) : Tabulae astronomicae [grec].

Théon d'Alexandrie (0335?-0405?) : Commentarium magnum in Ptolemaei canones [grec].

Théon d'Alexandrie (0335?-0405?) : Commentarium parvum in Ptolemaei canones [grec].

Triode [grec].

  • Related work : Triode
  • Folios : 162-163v

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Notes

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  • Textual: Ptolemy included astronomical tables in his Syntaxis, but republished them with an introduction in a second work, the 'Handy tables' (gr. Procheiroi kanones, lat. tabulae manuales). Theon of Alexandria wrote a 'Great commentary' on those tables (5 books; extant: books 1-3 and beginning of 4), and a 'Little commentary' (1 book; extant).
  • Also described by Pinakes.
  • Several missing leaves of the oldest part (first quarter 9th century) were replaced in the 13th century, except for a missing leaf after f. 57 (now ff. 1-2, 52-152). In the late 13th or early 14th century a new part (now ff. 3-51) was added. Some other texts were added on empty pages (ff. 2v, 53v) or inserted on new leaves (ff. 156-161, 162-163).
  • Transferred from the Oriental manuscripts before 1852 (mentioned in Geel 1852). Former shelfmark: Or. 182.

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