NLW MS 735C Astronomy
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NLW MS 735C Astronomy
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The volume NLW MS 735C comprises several Latin texts on astronomy that were copied c. 1000 to c. 1150. Thus, it is the oldest scientific manuscript in the National Library of Wales. It contains a description of the constellations in Germanicus' Latin translation of the Greek Phaenomena by Aratus, with illustrations that demonstrate the interrelatedness of myth, astronomy and astrology during the period around 1000, when this section of the manuscript was created in the Limoges area. The second s
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2015-11-28T14:43:35Z
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2024-08-27T08:35:19Z
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