A History of Magic and Experimental Science, Volume 2 (of 2): During the First Thirteen Centuries of Our EraThorndike, Lynn
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A History of Magic and Experimental Science, Volume 2 (of 2): During the First Thirteen Centuries of Our Era
Thorndike, Lynn
Magic -- History; Science -- History
John of London, BN 7413, 14th century, fols. 19v-21r, de
astrologia judicaria ad R. de Guedingue, or it may be
better described as a letter, written in 1246 or shortly
thereafter (“usque ad consideracionem meam que fuit anno
Christi 1246”), in which John discusses various matters,
including the motion of the eighth sphere and dog days,
and states that he is sending a transcript of tables of
the fixed stars which he verified at Paris.
The John of London who gave so many MSS to the library of
St. Augustine’s, Canterbury--see James (1903)--would seem
to have been of later date, since his books included
works of Aquinas, Roger Bacon, and John Peckham, the
chronicle of Martin which extends to 1277, translations
of the astrological treatises of Abraham aben Ezra which
were not made until toward the close of the 13th century,
and even treatises by Joannes de Lineriis who wrote in
the early 14th century and William of St. Cloud who made
his astronomical observations between 1285 and 1321. It
therefore seems unlikely that the donor, John of London,
could be even the young lad who was spoken of in such high
terms by Roger Bacon, as is suggested by James (1903) pp.
lxxiv-vii. Possibly the Friar John mentioned below is
Bacon’s protégé.
John Manduith, CUL 1572 (Gg. VI. 3), 14th century,
astronomical treatises and tables. Other MSS, mentioned by
Tanner (1748) p. 506, contain tables finished by him in
Oxford in 1310.
Johannis de Mehun (Jean de Meun), de lapide minerali et de
lapide vegetabili, Sloane 976, 15th century, fols. 85-108;
Sloane 1069, 16th century.
Johannes de Messina, a translator for Alfonso X in 1276;
perhaps identical with John of Sicily, see Steinschneider
(1905) p. 51.
Fratris Joannis ord. Minorum Summa de astrologia, BN 7293A,
14th century, #3. Possibly this is Roger Bacon’s lad John
following in his master’s footsteps.
John of Montpellier or Anglicus (and see John of St.
Giles), a treatise on the quadrant. BN 7298, 7414, 7416B,
7437, Joannes de Montepessulano de quadrante; Firenze
II-iii-22, 16th century, fols. 268-82, “Explicit quadrans
magistri Iohannis Anglici in monte;” Firenze II-iii-24,
14th century, fols. 176-82, “Incipit tractatus quadrantis
veteris secundum magistrum Iohannem de Montepessulano.”
CUL 1707 (Qi. I. 15), fols. 10-14r, “Quadrans Magistri
Johannis Anglici in Monte Pessulano.” CUL 1767 (Qi, III.
3), 1276 A. D., fols. 56-60, Tractatus quadrantis editus a
magistro Johanne in monte Pessulano.
John of Meurs (Johannes de Muris), a French writer on music,
mathematics and astronomy in 1321, 1322, 1323, 1339, and
1345. Parts of his works have been printed. See further
L. C. Karpinski, “The ‘Quadripartitum numerorum’ of
John of Meurs,” in _Bibl. Math._ (1912-1913) 99-114; R.
Hirschfeld, _Io. de Muris_, 1884; Duhem (1916) IV, 30-37.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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