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The Digital Walters - W.734, Hyginus, Astronomica

Abstract

This manuscript, W. 734, is a thirteenth-century copy of an astronomical treatise, Astronomica, attributed to the first century Roman scholar Gaius Julius Hyginus. There is some question as to whether or not the unpolished Latin prose of the Astronomica was in fact by the learned scholar Hyginus. Regardless, this text was in circulation in western Europe along with other astronomical and astrological works by the ninth century. Illustrated Carolingian versions of the texts often faithfully imitated classical models in both style and detail. No illustrated Carolingian examples of Hyginus still survive, however a manuscript of Hyginus from 988 by Ademar, a monk at Saint-Martial of Limoges, seems to be faithfully copied from a Carolingian model. The most distinctive feature of the iconography of W.734 is the miniature of the two stars of Cancer, the “Aselli,” drinking from a trough. This image type recalls a very small collection of ninth century manuscripts (cf. Madrid Bibl. Nacional, cod. 3307) dating between ca. 820-828, and W.734 is reminiscent of Carolingian style as well. The text of the Astronomica itself addresses various cosmographical topics including the Earth and the spheres, the mythological legends connected with the constellations, the planets, the arrangement of the stars in the constellations, the circles of the celestial sphere and the movements of the planets, the sun and the moon, and their appearance. This copy likely dates to ca. 1200, however pinpointing its place of creation has proven more complicated, with its parchment and script having been linked to Italy, while France or Spain have also been suggested as a place of origin.

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    1. Upper board outside

    2. Upper board inside

    3. Front flyleaf i, r

    4. Front flyleaf i, v

    5. fol. 1r

    6. fol. 1v

    7. fol. 2r

    8. fol. 2v

    9. fol. 3r

    10. fol. 3v

    11. fol. 4r

    12. fol. 4v

    13. fol. 5r

    14. fol. 5v

    15. fol. 6r

    16. fol. 6v

    17. fol. 7r

    18. fol. 7v

    19. fol. 8r

    20. fol. 8v

    21. fol. 9r

    22. fol. 9v

    23. fol. 10r

    24. fol. 10v

    25. fol. 11r

    26. fol. 11v

    27. fol. 12r

    28. fol. 12v

    29. fol. 13r

    30. fol. 13v

    31. fol. 14r

    32. fol. 14v

    33. fol. 15r

    34. fol. 15v

    35. fol. 16r

    36. fol. 16v

    37. fol. 17r

    38. fol. 17v

    39. fol. 18r

    40. fol. 18v

    41. fol. 19r

    42. fol. 19v

    43. fol. 20r

    44. fol. 20v

    45. fol. 21r

    46. fol. 21v

    47. fol. 22r

    48. fol. 22v

    49. Back flyleaf i, r

    50. Back flyleaf i, v

    51. Lower board inside

    52. Lower board outside

    53. Spine

    54. Fore-edge

    55. Head

    56. Tail

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