Contents: The poem, notes & replies from e-mail, the beginnings of a translation, library listings of the book in the US. Johannes Honter Rudimentorum Cosmographicorum First printing, Cracow, 1530; this transcription from 1573 edition Liber I Coelorum partes, stellas cum flatibus Urbes, Regnaque cum populis, sparsas & in aequore terras, Montesque & fluvios, iunctisque animalia plantis: Officia, sectas varias, operumque labores, Morborumque simul species & nomina dicam. Mundus in aethereum, qui desuper imminet orbi, Inque elementorum duplicatur corpora primum. Aethereus duplices sphaerarum continet orbes, Fixaque cum septem stellis errantibus astra. Maiores cycli, qui mundum partibus aequis, Distribuunt, ut signifer aequatorque feruntur: Quemque dies medius designat, & imus horizon, Lacteus, ac duo qui ducuntur ab axe coluri. Zodiacus primum bissenis undique signis Conspicuus, tropicum attingens obliquus utrunque A summo cancrum, capricornum, cernit ab imo At qui signiferum rectus secat, inque priori Lanigeri libraeque gradulucem aequat & umbras, Aequator, media in mundi regione locatur. ----p2 Qui paribus spacijs occasum cernit & ortum Circulus, & gemino concurrit semper in axe: Discernitque diem, variatque mesembrinus orbem. Hinc medium sphaerae superum distinguit ab imo Alter, & is coeli primum terraeque supremum Coniungens, fertur (quia visum finit) horizon. Lacteus hinc sequitur candore notabilis ipso, Qui solo coelo spectatur nocte sereno, Transversusque diu geminum praetermeat axem. Mox bini subeunt, qui quatuor ante relatos, Seque secant, gemino coeuntes cardine mundi, Tempora qui signant anni, coelumque per astra, Quattuor in partes diuisum mensibus aequis. Hinc alios numerant praedictis orbe minores, Qui per inaequales diducunt sidera partes. Circulus ad boream complectitur Arcton, & intus Sidera concludit liquidum fugientia pontum. Alter ad aestui defixus sidera Cancri, Solstitio longum cogit decedere Solem. Tertius hunc ultra Brumalis nomine dictus, Quo noctem tropico sol porrigit in Capricorno. Unus ab his superest extremo proximus axi, Quem terris pressum notius describit horizon. Hisque parallelis zonis tibi quinque profundum ----p3 Dividitur coelum, totidemque plagae orbe premuntur, Quarum quae media est, vix est habitabilis aestu, Nix tegit alta duas, totidem inter utranque locatae Temperiem retinent mixta cum frigore flamma. Hanc nos incolimus, contraque antichthones illam. Nec dubium antipodes multis consistere terrae Partibus, ad centrum directis undique plantis. Puncta duo coelum in paruos ubi voluitur orbes, Constituere polos, geminoque a cardine mundi Per centrum terrae tenuis deducitur axis. Signifer hinc bissex obliquat sidera, quorum Sex videt ad boream, sex aequidialis ad austrum. Ter denis gradibus signum distinguitur unum, Bis tricena gradus memoratur habere minuta. Atqui signorum varia est natura genusque Mascula sunt, aries, gemini, leo, libra, sagitta, Fusor aquae iunctumque simul sortita calorem. At sibi foemineam consciscunt frigida sortem, Bos, cancer, virgo, capricornus, scorpio, pisces. Frigida sunt nocti, sed mascula sacra diei. Ipsa quoque bis anni variantur tempora signis, Nanque aries, taurus, gemini, sunt sidera veris: Aestatem cancer, leo trux cum virgine complent: Scorpius autumnum, & duplici cum lance sagitta: ----p4 Inde hyemem pisces, capricornus, aquarius addunt Restat adhuc eadem ternis proportio signis: Ignea triplicitas aries, fervens leo, Chiron: Terrea sed taurus, virgo & capricornus habentur: Aeream sortem chelae, urniger atque gemelli: Scorpius appropriat, piscesque & cancer aquosam. Denique cum vegetet communis corpora virtus, Singula membra tamen quoduis sibi vendicat astrus Quippe aries capiti, taurus, ceruicibus haeret, Brachia sub geminis censentur, pectora cancro. Sorte regit scapulas leo, ventrem atque ilia virgo, Libra tenet lumbos, & scorpius inguine regnat, Arcitenens femori, genibus capricornus amator, Cruraque fusor aquae reficit, vestigia pisces. Et quoniam variae currentes ordine stellae Corporis aequales spacio, similesque colore, Haud internosci poterant, solertia sparsas Struxit in effigiem & variarum membra ferarum, Imposuit simul iunctis cognomina stellis. Ad boream geminas ingens Draco diuidit Arctos. Hinc subit Arctophylax pariterque Corona, Lyraeque Proximus Engonasis: post hunc ophiuchus et Anguis. Mox Aquila & Telum surgunt, & lactea Cyngni Sidera, Pegasus hinc sequitur Delphina, simulque ----p5 Andromede, Cepheusque & Cassiopea parentes, Armatusque gener Perseus; circum ora Medusae Horrida, Deltoton simul Heniochusque feruntur. Hinc Aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, leo, virgo, Libraque scorpius, arcitenens, caper, hydria, pisces. Cetus & Eridanus post haec vertuntur ad austrum. Orionque premens Leporem, Procyonque refulgens, Inde Canis maior stellataque cernitur Argo, Perque trium loca signorum se porrigit Hydra, Craterem dorso gestans, Coruumque loquacem. Hic Fera Centauro resupina tenetur, at ultra Thuribulum, notiae Piscis fugit astra Coronae. Sunt etiam propriae dictorum sidera partes: Pleiades in dorso tauri sex esse feruntur, Fronte sedent Hyades, fundendis imbribus aptae, Inde Propus pedibus geminorum praevia, sed quae In cancro nubem referunt, Praesepe vocantur, Moxque, duo circum Praesepe feruntur Aselli. Regia stella nitet generosi in corde leonis, Virginis in summa gestatur Spica sinistra, Sed Protrygeta subit prope dextram virginis alam. Quattuor in dextra quae conspiciuntur Aquari, Urnam: at quae pisces connectunt, Vincula dicunt. Nodus inest Vinclo: pedibus subiecta Bootae ----p6 Arcturi stella insequitur Plaustrumque Bouesque Postremas Hellices stellas: humeroque sinistro Heniochi residet sidus pluviale Capellae, Inque manu laeua geminus discernitur Hoedus. Ast argo in summa micat inclyta stella Canopi, Sirius inde Canis fixus maioris in ore. Hinc tibi per medium septem decliue feruntur, Saturnus, Sol, Luna, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Hermes Fixa quidem toto circumuoluuntur olympo Sidera, sed proprios retinent errantia motus: Semper enim currunt fixis contraria stellis, Atque domos habitant bissena per astra, suasque Exercent illic proprio quisque ordine vires. Luna tenet cancrum, geminos cum virginis astro Mercurius, tauro & chelis Venus ispa quiescit. Feruidus inde leo Soli, sed scorpius ardens Atque Aries Marti cedunt: hinc piscis uterque Centaurusque Iouem, Saturnum fusor aquarum Rectorem agnoscit, simul Aegocerotis & astrum. At planetarum in rapidis distantia signis Dicitur aspectus, quo se impediuntque iuvantque. Cum duo planetae alterutris distare videntur Sextam signiferi partem, vel per duo signa, Aspectus fertur sex angulus: at tria quartam ----p7 Zodiaci partem cum stant per signa planetae, Conspicitur facies quadrangula: tertia sed pars Signiferi, reddit per quatuor astra trigonum. Denique per mediam contraria sidera partem Eminus aspectum soliti firmare planetae: Ac certis spacijs concurrere rursus eodem In signo, quoties superi obscurantur ab imis. Sunt etiam adversa gemini se parte secantes Orbes, quos faciunt Solis Lunaeque meatus: Sectio qua Phoebe gelidas ascendit ad arctos, Haec eadem caput est: sed altera cauda draconis, Qua Luna imbriferum cursu descendit ad austrum. Accipe quo spacio perlustrent signa planetae: Saturnus cursum duodena per astra rotatum Motu retrogrado terdenis conficit annis. Bissenisque Iouis bissena perambulat astra Sidus: at ipse duos graditur Mars amplius annos. Sol in se sua per vestigia colligit annum. Signa Venus, dubiusque anno minus ampli Hermes, Sed bis quindennis percurrit Luna diebus. Hinc ortum triplicem nobis posuere priores, Quo stellae ascendunt, obituque sub aequora pergunt. Cosmicus exorto stellas cum sole reducit, Cum simul adversae tingunt se Tethyos undis. ----p8 Occiduo Chronicus surgentes cernit horizon Sole & in opposita stellas regione cadentes. Quin ubi Phoebus equis summo procul axe recessit, Incipiunt stellae sensim aparere minores. Mox cum sol propior flammis opera omnia lustrat, Astra polo fugiunt, quorum simul agmina cogit Lucifer & coeli statione nouissimus exit. Ut stellae in longum primo distare videntur Arietis a puncto, sic has ecliptica monstrat Linea signiferi in latum cessisse. Per axem Et fortunatas quae transit linea terras, Inde quidem trahitur distantia longa locorum: Sed spacium latum est, quod ab aequatore recedit, Atque poli gradibus respondet ubique levati. Declinat sidus, cum distat ab aequidiali, Eleuat, ex imo quod in altum mittit horizon. Messembrinorum quiuis semisse recepto, Quindeniue gradus, respondent protinus horae Unius spacio: sex & triginta feruntur: Quisque gradus denos retinet, quantoque recedit Longius a medio noctes aequante diesque Orbe, magis coiens geminum decrescit ad axem, Aestiuosque dies numerosis explicat horis. At gradus in longum sub cyclo scilicet aequo: ----p9 In latum, stadijs respondet ubique locorum Quingentis, quoru spacia baec tibi carmina signant (Quatuor ex granis digitus formabitur unus. Est quater in palmo digitus, quater in pede palmus: Quinque pedes passum faciunt, passus quoque centum Quinque & viceni stadium dant: sed miliare Octo dabunt stadia, & duplatum dat tibi leucam.) Milleque bis decies passus nunc iura diurnum Constituere viae spacium: miliaria forte Quattuor, exiguoue minus nostratia reddunt. Inferior mundus tellure & aqua, aere & igne, Dicitur ex primus rerum consistere causis: Ex quibus assiduis vicibus modo cuncta creantur, In quae iterum, quicquid natum est, natura resoluit. Aeris aethereo vis est stabilita sub igne, Quae sibi dissimilis triplici regione notatur, Summa calet, media est gelidissima, proxima utruque Aestatem ac frigus diverso tempore sentit. Quippe vapor duplex ascendit in aera, primus, Crassus & humidior propria gravitate tenetur: Aridus atque calens, fine pondere prosilit alter. Ex humente quidem concrescere saepe feruntur Hybernaeque niues, matutinaeque pruinae, Largior & crassis descendens nubibus imber, ----p10 Roresque nebulaeque & mista grandine nimbi. E sicco alterna generantur sorte vapore, Fulgura cum tonitru, rapidi cum fulmine venti. Nomina ventorum posthac patriamque docebo: Quattuor oppositis veniunt e partibus orbis, Quos circum varij dextra laeuaque feruntur, Impelluntque leues adversis flatibus auras. Frigidus a summo descendit Aparctias axe, Circius ad zephyru, Boreas hunc cingit ad ortum. Auster ab adverso pluvias inducit olympo, Ab Lybe qui dictum, dictum quoque spectat ab Euro. Insuper & verno flat Subsolanus ab ortu, Solstitium huic sociat retrahentem nubila ventum. Brumalesque tropae violentum flatibus Eurum. Occiduo Zephyrus de cardine spirat, acipsum Africus hyberno contigit sole cadente, Ac simul Argestes aestiuo solstitiali. Tempus & ad solidam propius descendere terra, Quae centro in medio penitus firmata quiescit. At circum roseis sol vectus ubique quadrigis, Exortu lucem, discessu procreat umbram. Eclipsimque facit, si quando corpora lunae Obiectu terrae redijs intacta relinquit. Oppositisque leuem pingit sub nubibus Irim. ----p11 Nec dum etiam solitas diversis mensibus anni Continuare vices, variasque novare locorum Perpetuo cessat motus discriminae formas. Long a parallelis est subita terra duobus, Unde dies mediam ab reliqua distinguitur horam: Climaque in oppositis memoratur partibus orbis. Atque hinc per Meroen, per niloticamque Syenem, Et per Alexandri, rhodij quoque Apollinis urbes, Perque Hellespontum atque Borysthenis ostia currunt, Ripheasque arces, quibus additur ultima Thule. Inde per antithesim contraria climata longas Imparibus spacijs variant noctesque diesque. Quinetiam tellus varia ratione vocatur, Insula, continuum simul & peninsula, & isthmus. Aequoreos itidem fluctus, quibus abditus orbis, Oceanum appellant, pelagusque sinumque, fretumque. ======================================== Johannes Honter's essay in Latin verse, Rudimentorum Cosmographicorum, 1530, is interesting to me because it mentions nebulae, the planets, named stars, and constellations. I therefore typed it into my computer and am posting it on the web, in the hopes that someone will be interested in helping to translate it (which I realize is a lot of work) or just provide an idea of the subject or theme. If anyone wishes to translate a section, you might want to contact me to see if others have provided translations of certain sections. I have to note that, although I carefully checked my work, and had much assistance from Roger Ceragioli, there are several possible sources of remaining errors: the poor printing of the original, irregular typeface and especially irregular spacing of words, confusing fonts & symbols, etc. --Peter Abrahams There's a section on Honter in Warner, The Sky Explored; also listed in Neue Deutsche Biographie, 1952-. Houzeau & Lancaster (No. 2531, P. 581, Vol, 1.) Nothing in DSB, RAS Catalogue, Brown's Astronomical Atlases, Kemp, Astronomy & Astrophysics revealed no listings. JOHANNES HONTER 1498-1549. C.1542 Rudimentoruni' Cosmographicorum: 13 woodcut maps 1546, 1549, 1564, 1570 Re-issued ============== Linda Hall lib. site: 5. Honter, Johannes. "Imagines Constellationum Borealium [- Australium]," in: Ptolemy, Claudius. Omnia quae extant opera. Basel, 1541. Albrecht Durer produced the first printed star charts in 1515. One chart or planisphere showed all the northern constellations; the other woodcut depicted the southern ones. The positions of the stars were accurately fixed (according to Ptolemy's catalog), and the figures were artistically portrayed, in a classical style that bore no resemblance to any of the Hyginus woodcuts. Durer also chose to illustrate the constellations as they would appear on a globe, that is, from the outside. The Durer planispheres are quite scarce and were never included in a printed book. Perhaps the next best thing are two charts by Johannes Honter, cut in 1532 and included in the first collected edition of the works of Claudius Ptolemy. Although clearly inspired by Durer, Honter made some significant changes. His maps show the stars as seen from the earth, rather than from the outside, as they were shown on Durer's charts. Honter also departed from Durer's classical style by dressing some of the constellation figures in contemporary clothing. We see at right a detail from the northern map, showing Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer, in distinctly non-classical garb. A detail from the southern map shows Orion and Taurus. Durer's maps were accurate enough that you could have used them to find known stars or map new ones. If you had wished to use Honter's maps for such a purpose, you would have had to overcome a substantial flaw; the entire coordinate system of both charts was accidentally misplaced by nearly thirty degrees! ============================== The names of many Saxon preachers from those early years could be listed, but to look for parallels among the 100 or so Hungarian writers would be fruitless for the Sachsenland. They are to be sought in Germany, not here. Yet there were exceptions: first and foremost that of the Saxon prophet, the "Luther of Transylvania," Johannes Honter or simply Honterus. Honterus appeared in Kronstadt (Brasso, Brasov) in 1533, a man, in the words of G.D. Teutsch, the eminent historian of the Saxons, "who became the foundation and the rock of the new federation, the champion of God, through whom the Lord founded His Church here, a fountain from which flowed new moral and religious life for many generations."[7] His youth has been hidden in legend. Allegedly born in 1498, the son of a Saxon tanner named Georg Grass, it is believed that he studied extensively in Krakow, in Wittenberg, and in Basel. We know that he had indeed studied in Vienna, that he spent at least some time in Krakow, and that he was a very learned man by the time of his return. It is also a fact that he had learned a craft along the way that would now stand him in good stead: the craft of printing. Almost overnight he transformed Kronstadt into a religious and cultural center by establishing a press and a school there. A steady stream of Lutheran publications flowed from Kronstadt from then on, and soon Honterus also began to preach. The result of his efforts was the establishment of the Saxon Evangelical church, a church for which he provided both the theological and the organizational foundation in his most famous work, the Kirchenordnung, issued in 1542 for the Burzenland (Barcaság --- a region around Kronstadt), then again for all Saxon churches in 1547, under the title Kirchenordnung aller Deutschen in Siebenbuergen (Order of Worship for all Germans in Transylvania). We duly note the words "aller Deutschen" --- of all Germans. "But now the time is come," he states, "in which the Lord will awaken a new people unto himself; therefore let him who has ears to hear, hear."[8] And with this message the Saxons did become a new Volk, reborn as Germans in their native Transylvania and an example to others in thrift, diligence, learning, and virtue. A long succession of scholarly ecclesiastics in Kronstadt and Hermannstadt followed Honterus. They were outstanding citizens, judges, teachers, and preachers who formed a line uninterrupted until the chauvinism of our era, including the German chauvinism of the Saxons themselves, destroyed this gifted and honest people. In the sixteenth century, names of such brilliant men as Thomas Bomel, Matthias Fronius, Paul Kerzius, Simon Massa, and Michael Siegler can also be mentioned. All were intellectual leaders of their Volk; yet they do not belong, strictly speaking, in the field of letters. There were only three poets in this era: Hieronymus Ostermeyer of Grosscheuern (Nagycsűr, sura Mare), and Andreas and Paul Scherer of Hermannstadt. Of them, even G.D. Teutsch, who writes only in superlatives of his Saxons, has simply said that Ostermeyer was known for his truth, simplicity, and sincerity, and that he wrote in German; and that the Scherers were not unworthy to stand at his side.[9] Germany had already stilled the muses in the Sachsenland. ====================================== Post to HASTRO: The first chapter of this text from 1548 (originally published in Cracow, 1530, slightly different title), is about astronomy. It is in Latin verse, and in addition to listing planets and asterisms, it mentions 'nebulae'. I'm considering having it translated, and before devoting the resources to this project, I'd like to know if it has been translated into English or another language (WorldCat does not list a translation). I'd also like to know if anyone knows the subject of this text. Honter was a preacher and a printer, who published celestial & terrestrial maps; I have some background on him from cartography web sites, he's not in the DSB but presumably is in Poggendorff, which is not in the libraries in my area. Warner mentions him in 'The Sky Explored'. Any further information on Honter would be of interest as well. Thank you, Peter Abrahams =============== From: "Wolfgang R. Dick" Subject: Re: Johannes Honter, Rudimentorum Cosmographicorum To: HASTRO-L@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU Honter does not have an entry in Poggendorff. However, there are several other sources, as indicated in the World Biographical Index (http://www.biblio.tu-bs.de/acwww25u/wbi_en/): Name: Honter, Johann auch: Johannes Honterus Lebensdaten: 1498-1549 Beruf(e): Theologe; Drucker; Paedagoge Archiv: Deutsches Biographisches Archiv Fiche: I 566,20-70 Titel der Quelle: ADB [= Kurztitel] Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. - Muenchen; Leipzig. 1912 (Band 56: Generalregister) Titel der Quelle: Joecher [= Kurztitel] Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexicon : Darinne die Gelehrten aller Staende ... vom Anfange der Welt bis auf ietzige Zeit ... Nach ihrer Geburt, Leben, ... Schrifften aus den glaubwuerdigsten Scribenten in alphabetischer Ordnung beschrieben werden / Joecher, Christian Gottlieb. - Leipzig. - 1750-51 (4 Bde) Titel der Quelle: Dunkel [= Kurztitel] Historisch-kritische Nachrichten von verstorbenen Gelehrten und deren Schriften / Dunkel, Johann Gottlob Wilhelm. - Koethen; Dessau. - 1753-60 (3 Bde in 12 Stuecken mit Anh) Titel der Quelle: Seivert [= Kurztitel] Nachrichten von Siebenbuergischen Gelehrten und ihren Schriften / Seivert, Johann. - Pressburg. - 1785 Titel der Quelle: Eckstein [= Kurztitel] Nomenclator philologorum / Eckstein, Friedrich August. - Leipzig. - 1871 Titel der Quelle: Trausch [= Kurztitel] Schriftsteller-Lexikon oder biographisch- literaerische Denk-Blaetter der Siebenbuerger Deutschen / Trausch, Joseph. - Kronstadt. - 1868-1902 (4 Bde) =============================== From: Bob Karrow I don't know of a translation of this work, but for a run-down of the major editions (there were about 90 Latin eds. of the versified Rudimenta between 1542 and 1692) see my entry on Honter in *Mapmakers of the Sixteenth Century and their Maps* (Chicago: Speculum Orbis Press, 1993), pp. 302-15. Robert W. Karrow, Jr., Administrative Curator of Special Collections and Curator of Maps, The Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, ===== Your request got referred over to our MapHist list, so I'm replying off-list. Bob (Robert W.) Karrow has a full-lehgth chapter on Honter in his 1993 'Mapmakers of the Sixteenth Century and Their Maps,' pp. 302-315, also with many further ref's. Douglas W Sims gastaldi@ix.netcom.com ========================================== From: Roger Ceragioli Subject: Re: Johannes Honter, Rudimentorum Cosmographicorum I don't know this book, but to guess from its early date and title, the "nebulae" mentioned in text may well not be what is now meant by that word. Perhaps you know this, but there were half a dozen "nebulae" or "nebulosae stellae ('cloudy stars')" that appeared in ancient, medieval and Renaissance astronomy texts. The canonical list stems from Ptolemy's "Almagest." These "cloudy stars" do include some "deep sky" objects such as Praesepe, but others are merely groups of naked-eye stars that lie close together in the sky (e.g. lambda Orionis) and suggest a certain mistiness to the eye. I would suspect that Honter is reproducing this canonical list and not listing new deep sky objects seen through a telescope. I believe that the eariest list of telescopically discovered objects was published in 1654 by Giovanni Batista Hodierna. Here's Ptolemy's list of "nebulous stars": 1) "The nebulous mass on the right hand" of Perseus [the "Double Cluster" in Perseus]; 2) "The middle of the nebulous mass in the chest, called Praesepe" in Cancer; 3) "The nebulous star to the rear of the sting" in Scorpius [a disputed object, but most likely M7 a bright open cluster above and slightly to the rear of the sting is meant]; 4) "The star on the eye, which is nebulous and double" of Sagitarius [Nu (1 + 2) Sagitarii]; 5) "The nebulous star in the head of Orion" [lambda Orionis]. These are the five canonical "nebulae" ("clouds") or "nebulosae stellae" ("cloudy stars"). Probably Honter will mention these. I know that they appear in the works of Al-Farghani. As you can see, #1, 2, and 3 are bright open clusters that do appear cloudy to the naked eye. But #4 and 5 are just groupings of several close stars. The eye/brain combination for some reason creates the sensation of cloudiness surrounding groups of closely spaced faint stars, even when all the stars in the grouping can actually be seen and we don't have a mass of faint unresolved stars (as in the case of the naked-eye Milky Way). Roger Ceragioli ===================== Subject: Re: Johannes Honter Rudimentorum Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 00:17:26 +0200 From: Michael_Ritter@t-online.de (Michael Ritter) Dear Peter Abrahams, Johannes Honter's Rudimentorum cosmographiae libri duo (Cracow 1530) has been translated into German one hundred years ago in: Oskar Netoliczka (Ed.): Johannes Honterus ausgewhlte Schriften, Hermannstadt 1898 Further biographical and bibliographical information on Honter including notes on both the editions of the Rudimentorum (Cracow 1530 and Kronstadt 1541/42) you can find in Ludwig Binder: Johannes Honterus Schriften, Briefe, Zeugnisse, Bukarest 1996 Kind regards Michael Ritter Michael Ritter Aichacher Str. 10 D - 86577 Sielenbach Michael_Ritter@t-online.de ....if you are interested in the Ludwig Binder book and it is not available for you, just tell me. It's in my home library and I could scan some pages relating to the Rudimentorum and mail to you. By the way, there is another title (in German) that could be interesting for you: Engelmann, Gerhard: Johannes Honter als Geograph, Köln et al. 1982 ======================== Netoliczka AUTHOR: Honter, Johannes, 1498-1549. | TITLE: Johannes Honterus' Ausgewahlte Schriften. | PLACE: Wien, |PUBLISHER: C. Graeser [etc., etc.] | YEAR: 1898 | PUB TYPE: Book | FORMAT: xxvi, 212 p. incl. facsims. illus., map. 24 cm. IL CGU UNIV OF CHICAGO Y NY NYP NEW YORK PUB LIBR RES LIBR Y ======= Binder: Not in print at German book store sites Worldcat, didn't find title; or that title under LB; search JH found: 1 Zur Basler Sachensenlandkarte des Johanne... 1960 2 Johannes Honterus' Ausgewahlte Schriften. Honter, Johanne 1898 3 Siebenburgen auf alten Karten : Lazarus T... 1996 4 Johannes Honterus : der Reformator der Sa... Neugeboren, Hei 1888 5 Johannes Honterus, der Apostel Ungarns. Wolf, Theobald. 1894 6 Johannes Honterus : sein Leben und Werk i... Nussbacher, Ger 1973 7 Johannes Honterus : sein Leben und Werk i... Nussbacher, Ger 1978 8 Johannes Honterus, viata si opera sa in i... Nussbacher, Ger 1977 9 Johannes Honterus : sein Leben und Werk i... Nussbacher, Ger 1974 10 Johannes Honterus, der Siebenburger Human... Wittstock, Oska 1970 ======================= Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 07:08:58 -0700 From: Roger Ceragioli The German double "s" is an old "ligature" (i.e. two letters written as one pen stroke) from manuscript writing. It does appear in Latin mss, and in Renaissance printed books, but does not, I believe, go back to antiquity. The ligature is sometimes resolved in printed texts such that to us the to resolved "s"es (sorry for this ugly word) look like "fs", but the "f" has no crossbar and is not "f" but actually "s." Yes, there is a general classics list, although I don't belong to it. Through it you should be able to contact various good Latinists who can help you with the translation. You are also welcome to try me (Ph.D. Classical Philology, Harvard, 1993). You may also wish to write to George P. Goold, at Yale, who is an expert on Latin astronomical poetry. He's emeritus, but may still be available. I don't have the address for the classics list, but you can do a web search for it. It's just called "classics list", I believe. If you can't find it directly, then look up either "Maria Pantellia" or "University of Kentucky Classics Homepage" or "Diotima" or "Perseus Project." Maria has a master list of all classics-related websites. The other sites have excellent lists of resources that should get you where you want to go. ======================== > write to George P. Goold, at Yale, who is an expert on Latin astronomical poetry. He doesn't show up in searches of their web site. Transcription: Although I carefully checked my work, there are several possible sources of errors: the poor printing of the original, irregular typeface and especially irregular spacing of words, confusing fonts & symbols, etc. ================================== Your transcription, which I skimmed through, is good. I spotted a few mistakes in the lines that I looked at, but in general you've got it right. One very frequent feature of Honter's printing is the abreviation of "-que" ("and") at the end of a word as "-q". But that will be obvious to any decent reader of Latin. From the bits I looked at, you seem to have a pretty standard basic introductory text of astronomy in the classical sense: spherical astronomy and basic descriptions of constellation placement. It looks like an early modern attempt to write an updated "Aratea" in Latin hexameters, in imitation of Cicero or Germanicus. But there may be features that I can't anticipate. Roger ================================= From: Roger Ceragioli Roger Ceragioli 1119 E. Silver St. Tucson, AZ 85719 1) >Coelorum partes, stellas cum flatibus Urbes, "The parts of the sky, the stars along with breezes?? cities, 2) >Regnaque cum populis, sparsas & in aequore terras, "kingdoms along with their peoples, and lands strewn about in the ocean," 3) >Montesque & fluvios, iunctisque animalia plantis: "mountains and rivers, and animals with their associated plants:" 4) >Officia, sectas varias, operumq labores, **officia** must be wrong: it doesn't fit the poetic meter. **operumque** "offices of state (??), various ways of life, and toilsome constructions (of man)," 5) >Morborumque simul species & nomina dicam. "And the types and names of diseases--[this] I shall tell (you) about." Honter will sing a poetic cosmography, in the classical tradition. More later, if possible. Roger ======== >4) >Officia, sectas varias, operumq labores, >**officia** must be wrong: it doesn't fit the poetic meter. **operumque** It does read Officia, but someone wrote an X in the margin next to it. Maybe sometime I'll get a chance to compare another edition. ====================================== From: Roger Ceragioli Contents: (I'll go paragraph by paragraph as you've divided them up.) 1) The proem, indicating what the book will talk about. Then a statement that the cosmos is divided into the ethereal region and the region of elements; and that the ethereal is divided into two orbs: fixed stars and planets. Then a list of great circles into which the cosmos is divided: zodiac, equator, meridian, horizon, Milky Way and the two colures. [All this is standard stuff in poetic school texts of astronomy, a genre that went back to Aratus in ancient Greece and had a long history thereafter.] 2) A discuss of the great circles just listed. 3) The minor circles: arctic and antarctic, and tropics. The regions of the earth lying under these circles and their characteristics. 4-5) Zodiac and astrological doctrine: which signs are correlated with which genders and elements and parts of the body. 6) Complete list of the constellations. 7) Asterisms and star names. 8) The planets and their astrological houses. 9) Planetary aspects (sextile, quartile, trine, etc.) Lunar nodes. 10) Planetary periods. The text is clearly standard stuff with no surprises so far. The author's command of classical Latin is good and the verse is elegantly written and generally readable. On the whole, you have transcribed it well, with comparatively few mistakes. First, in general, remove all the commas after words ending in "-q". Those were not commas, but ligatures, and as commas they frequently break up sentences in progress. There are a certain number of cases where you've switched "s" and "f" because they look similar in the typeface of your book. Below I've noted the instances that I've seen so far. Paragraph 1) "flatibus" ("breezes") not "flatitibus" must be right. "Officia" is wrong, but I can't figure out what should be read instead. "Officia" makes sense, but breaks the meter. Can "sectas" be a mistake? Paragraph 2) "Hinc medium sphaera": the last two words don't make sense as they stand. Are you sure of them? "Coniugens, fertur" rather than "sertur." Paragraph 3) "Quarum quae...vix est" rather than "ext"; and "Temperiem retinent mixta" rather than "mista". Paragraph 4) "Ipsa quoque, bis" makes no sense and breaks the meter. Are you sure of it? not fixed Paragraph 5) "Singula membra...astrus": "astrus" can't be right. "Astrum" or "astros"? not fixed Paragraph 6) "Imposuit simul iunctis" not "simuliunctis" ; "Proximus Engonasis" Correct? Or "Engonasin"? And then "post hunc Ophiuchus et Anguis". Toward the end of the paragraph: "Cetus & Eridanus...ad austrum." Paragraph 7) "Sed Protrygeta...virginis alam." End of sentence. "Ast Argo in summa micat..." Paragraph 8) "Saturnus, Sol, Luna..." "Atque Aries Marti cedunt:..." "Rectorem agnoscit, simul Aegocerotis et astrum." Paragraph 9) "Dicitur aspectus, quo se impediuntque iuvantque." "Cum duo planetae..." "Aspectus fertur sex angulus..." Is this last line correct? "Ac certis...rursus..." "Sunt etiam...se parte secantes..." < both fixed> Paragraph 10) "Signa Venus...ampli Hermes..." "Ampli" is wrong. Could it say "ampliat"? Paragraph 11) "Quin ubi Phoebus...axe recessit..." ======================= From: Roger Ceragioli 95% is correct, clearly. The mistakes are mostly minor, and some of the mistakes appear to be Honter's. You have also discovered the exasperating world of ligatures! These features were invented in antiquity, but most thoroughly used in the Middle Ages when paper was expensive and scribes were few. They survived in printed books till the 18th c. because people were used to them, I guess. Anyway, yes, in Latin and other highly inflected languages every letter matters, especially at the ends of words. The change of one letter can completely alter a sentence's meaning. Once the printed text of Honter arrives, I'll look at it as time permits and get back to you. ================================================= WORLDCAT 4/99: 1. AUTHOR: Honter, Johannes, 1498-1549. | TITLE: Rudimentorum cosmographicorum Ioann. Honteri Coronensis libri | III. cum tabellis geographicis elegantissimis : | de uariarum rerum nomenclaturis per classes, liber I. | PLACE: Tiguri [i.e. Zurich] : |PUBLISHER: apud Froschouerum, | YEAR: 1549 | PUB TYPE: Book | FORMAT: [46] leaves (2 blank) : ill., maps ; 17 cm. | NOTES: First published under this title: Zurich, 1548. | Originally published under title: Rudimentorum cosmographiae | libri duo. Cracow, 1530. | In verse. | Includes section of woodcuts, consisting of three illustrations | and thirteen maps, all unnumbered (leaves [33-46]). Twelve of | these maps cover two pages each and are printed on adjacent | versos and rectos. | Some copies include a second treatise, by Johann Schoner, consisting of eight unnumbered pages and preceding the woodcut | section, with title: De nuper suo Castiliae at Portugaliae | regibus serenissimi repertis insulis ac regionibus. | World map, dated Tiguri, 1546, bears monogram of Heinrich | Vogtherr the Elder and includes America [i.e. South America], | while North America is designated as "Parias." | With: Apian, Peter. Cosmographiae introductio. Paris : G. | Cauellat, 1550; and Piccolomini, Alessandro. La sphere du monde. | Paris : G. Cauellat, 1550. MNU UNIV OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS =========== 4. AUTHOR: Honter, Johannes, 1498-1549. | TITLE: Rvdimentorvm cosmographicorum Ioan. Honteri Coronensis libri III. | cum tabellis geographicis elegantissimis. | De uariarum rerum nomenclaturis per classes, liber I. | PLACE: Tigvri, |PUBLISHER: apvd Froschouerum, | YEAR: 1549 | PUB TYPE: Book | FORMAT: 1 p.l., [58] p., 1 l., [5] p. 14 maps (12 double) and 2 diagr. on 14 l. 16 cm. | NOTES: In verse; printed in italics. | "De uariarum rerum nomenclaturis" has caption title: Rvdimentorvm | cosmographicorum liber III. | The maps are from the edition of 1546, the map of the world | lettered: Vniversalis cosmographia. Tigvri M.D.XL.VI. | The maps are preceded by half-title and letter: De nvper svb | Castiliae ac Portvgaliae regibus serenissimis repertis insulis ac | regionibus, Ioannis Schoner Charolipolitani epistola & globus geographicus ... [Timiripae, Anno incarnationis dominicae | millesimo quingentesimo uigesimotertio] (4. l.) The printing of | this letter has also been ascribed to Eucharius Cervicornus at | Cologne. cf. Schottenloher, Karl. Johann Schoner und seine | hausdruckerei (In Zentralblatt fur bibliothekswesen, v. 24, p. | 145-155). DLC LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ================= 5. AUTHOR: Honter, Johannes, 1498-1549. | TITLE: Rudimentorum cosmographicorum Ioan. Honteri Coronensis libri III. | cum tabellis geographicis elegantissimis. : | de variarum rerum nomenclaturis per classes, liber I. | PLACE: Tiguri [i.e. Zurich] : |PUBLISHER: apud Froschouerum, | YEAR: 1565 | PUB TYPE: Book | FORMAT: [60] p., blank leaf, 16 maps and diagrams on 14 leaves ; 15 cm. NOTES: In verse. | First published under this title, Zurich, 1548. | Originally published under title: Rudimentorum cosmographiae | libri duo. Cracow, 1530. | Includes section of woodcuts, consisting of 3 illustrations and | 13 maps, all unnumbered. Twelve of these maps cover two pages | each and are printed on adjacent rectos and versos. | World map, dated Tiguri, 1546, bears monogram of Heinrich | Vogtherr the Elder and includes South America, while North America is designated as "Parias." |ALT TITLE: Rudimenta cosmographica | INDEXED: JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, 1:228. | Sabin, 32797. | Alden, J.E. European Americana, 565/29. | Borsa, G. Die Ausgaben der "Cosmographia" von Johannes Honter, 96. MNU UNIV OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS ==================== 6. AUTHOR: Honter, Johannes, 1498-1549. | TITLE: Rudimentorum cosmographicorum Ioan. Honteri Coronensis libri III. | cum tabellis geographicis elegantissimis : | de uariarum rerum nomenclaturis per classes, liber I. | PLACE: Tiguri [i.e. Zurich] : |PUBLISHER: apud Froschouerum, | YEAR: 1552 | PUB TYPE: Book | FORMAT: [60], [4] (blank), [28] p. : ill., maps ; 16 cm. NOTES: In verse (first [60] pages). | First published under this title, Zurich, 1548. | Originally published under title: Rudimentorum cosmographiae | libri duo. Cracow, 1530. | Last [28] pages: woodcuts, consisting of 3 illustrations and 13 | maps, all unnumbered. Twelve of these maps cover two pages each | and are printed on adjacent versos and rectos. | World map, dated Tiguri, 1546, bears monogram of Heinrich | Vogtherr the Elder and includes America [i.e. South America], while North America is designated as "Parias." |ALT TITLE: Rudimenta cosmographica | INDEXED: JCB Lib cat., pre-1675, 1:171. | Sabin, 32796. | Alden, J.E. European Americana, 552/25. MNU UNIV OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS =================== 7. AUTHOR: Honter, Johannes, 1498-1549. | TITLE: Rudimenta cosmographica. | PLACE: Tiguri [i.e. Zurich] : |PUBLISHER: apud Froschouerum, | YEAR: 1548 | PUB TYPE: Book | FORMAT: [44] leaves : maps ; 16 cm. | NOTES: Includes a reproduction of Martin Waldseemuller's world map of | 1507. | INDEXED: Sabin, 32795. MNU UNIV OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS ============= 9. AUTHOR: Honter, Johannes, 1498-1549. | TITLE: Rudimentorum cosmographicorum Ioan[nes] Honteri Coronensis libri | III : | cum tabellis geographicis elegantissimis. | PLACE: Tiguri : |PUBLISHER: Apud Froschouerum, | YEAR: 1552 | PUB TYPE: Book | FORMAT: [44] p. ; 16 cm. (8vo) FORMAT: [44] p. ; 16 cm. (8vo) | NOTES: Signatures: A-Cp8s Dp6s. | University of Maryland at College Park copy imperfect: lacks maps. | INDEXED: Adams H-833 MD UMC UNIV OF MARYLAND Y EU FUF UNIVERSITE LOUIS PASTEUR STRASBOURG N ZT8 UNIV LOUIS PASTEUR, RCON PROJ N ============== 11. AUTHOR: Honter, Johannes, 1498-1549. | TITLE: Rudimentorum cosmographicorum libri III. | PLACE: Antverpiae : |PUBLISHER: ap J. Richardum, | YEAR: 1560 | PUB TYPE: Book | FORMAT: non pagine ; 18 cm. EU FOP BIBLIOTHEQUE DE L'OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS N ZOP BIBLIOTHEQUE DE L'OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS N ============== 12. AUTHOR: Honter, Johannes, 1498-1549. | TITLE: Rudimenta cosmographica | PLACE: Tiguri : |PUBLISHER: apud Froschouerum, | YEAR: 1546 | PUB TYPE: Book | FORMAT: 1 v. (unpaged) : ill., maps ; 16 cm. | SERIES: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to | America, from its discovery to the present time ; 15604-15605. America, from its discovery to the present time ; 15604-15605. | NOTES: Author's name given in caption title on p. [3]. | First published under this title, Brasov, 1541. | Originally published under title: Rudimentorum cosmographiae | libri duo. Cracow, 1530. | In verse. | Includes section of woodcuts, consisting of 3 illustrations and | 13 maps, all unnumbered. 12 of these maps cover two pages each | and are printed on adjacent versos and rectos. | World map, dated Tiguri, 1546, bears monogram of Heinrich Vogtherr the Elder and includes America [=South America], while | North America is designated as "Parias". >>>>| Microfiche. Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, 1994. 2 | microfiches : negative. (Selected Americana from Sabin's | Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to | the present time ; 15604-15605) CT REZ PRIMARY SOURCE MEDIA N GA GUA UNIV OF GEORGIA Y IN IND UNIV OF NOTRE DAME Y MD UMC UNIV OF MARYLAND Y OH SA9 SELECTED AMERICANA FROM SABIN N TX RCE RICE UNIV, FONDREN LIBR Y UT UBY BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV LIBR Y VA VWM COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY Y ================= 13. AUTHOR: Honter, Johannes, 1498-1549. | TITLE: Rudimentorum Cosmographicorum Ioan. Honteri Coronensis libri III. | cum tabellis Geographicis elegantissimis. | De variarum rerum nomenclaturis per classes, liber I. | PLACE: Tiguri : |PUBLISHER: Apud Froschouerum., | YEAR: 1565 1530 | PUB TYPE: Book | FORMAT: [40] leaves : ill., maps (woodcuts) ; (8vo) NOTES: First published under this title, Zurich, 1548. | Originally published under title: Rudimentorum cosmographiae | libri duo. Cracow, 1530. | Title vignette: Printer's device. | In verse. | Signatures: A-Dp8s a-dp4s (A1 verso, D7-D8, d3-d4 blank). | Includes section of woodcuts with title "Circuli Spaerae. Cum V. | Zonis", consisting of 3 illustrations and 13 maps, the last 12 of | which are numbered, and these 12 maps cover two pages each and are printed on adjacent versos and rectos. | World map, dated Tiguri (Zurich), 1546, bears monogram of | Heinrich Vogtherr the Elder, after whose drawings all the woodcut | maps were made, and includes America [=South America], while | North America is designated as "Parias" (p.[68]). | Microfiche. Wolfenbuttel : Herzog August Bibliothek, 1988. 3 | fiche ; 11 x 15 cm. |ALT TITLE: Rudimenta cosmographica | OTHER: Circuli Sphaerae Cum V. Zonis. | Circvli Spaerae Cvm V. Zonis. | INDEXED: VD 16, H 4784. | JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, 1:228. | Sabin 32797. | Alden, J.E. European Americana, 565/29. | Borsa, G. Die Ausgaben der "Cosmographia" von Johannes Honter, | 96. MN LBF LUTHERAN BROTHERHOOD FOUND REFORMATION ============== 14. AUTHOR: Honter, Johannes, 1498-1549. | TITLE: Rudimentorum Cosmographicorum Ioan. Honteri Coronensis libri III. | cum tabellis geographicis elegantissimis. | De uariarum rerum nomenclaturis classes, liber I. | PLACE: Tiguri : |PUBLISHER: Apud Froschouerum, | YEAR: 1548 1530 | PUB TYPE: Book | FORMAT: [96] p. : ill., maps (woodcuts) ; (8vo) NOTES: Originally published under title: Rudimentorum cosmographiae libri duo. Cracow, 1530. | Another issue, published previously in the same year 1548, has title: Rudimenta cosmographica. Title vignette: Printer's device. In verse. Signatures: A-Dp8s a-dp4s (A1 verso, D7-D8, d3-d4 blank). Includes section of woodcuts, consisting of 3 illustrations and 13 maps, all unnumbered (p.[65-92], a1-d2). 12 of these maps cover two pages each and are printed on adjacent versos and rectos (p.[68/69-90/91]). | World map, dated Tiguri, 1546, bears monogram of Heinrich Vogtherr the Elder and includes America [=South America], while North America is designated as "Parias" (p.[68]). | Microfiche. Wolfenbuttel : Herzog August Bibliothek, 1988. 8 fiche ; 11 x 15 cm. |ALT TITLE: Rudimenta cosmographica | INDEXED: JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, 1:152-153. | BM STC German, 1455-1600, p. 415. | Sabin 32795. | Harrisse, H. Americana, 287. | Alden, J.E. European Americana, 548/20. | Borsa, G. Die Ausgaben der "Cosmographia" von Johannes Honter, | 95. MN LBF LUTHERAN BROTHERHOOD FOUND REFORMATION N =================== 15. AUTHOR: Honter, Johannes, 1498-1549. | TITLE: Rudimenta cosmographica. Ioan. Honteri Coronensis libri III. / | PLACE: Tiguri : |PUBLISHER: Apud Froschouerum., | YEAR: 1548 1546 | PUB TYPE: Book | FORMAT: [96] p. (last two leaves blank) : ill., maps ; 17 cm. (8vo) | NOTES: Section of maps titled Circuli sphaerae cum V. zonis bears date 1530 in reverse. Reprint of the 1546 ed. | Signatures: ap8s-dp8s (dp7s-dp8s blank), ap4s-dp4s (dp3s-dp4s blank). | Caption title of Book I: Rudimentorum cosmographicorum Ioannis Honteri Coronensis liber I. Printer's device on t.p. | OTHER: Honter, Johannes, 1498-1549. Circuli sphaerae cum V. zonis. 1548. Circuli sphaerae cum V. zonis. | INDEXED: Alden, J.E. European Americana, 548/19. | Rudolphi, E. C. Buchdrucker-Familie Froschauer in Zurich, 354. RI RBN BROWN UNIV Y EU FOP BIBLIOTHEQUE DE L'OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS N ZOP BIBLIOTHEQUE DE L'OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS N =================== 16. AUTHOR: Honter, Johannes, 1498-1549. | TITLE: Rvdimentorvm cosmographicorum Ioan. Honteri Coronen, libri viii, | cum tabellis geographicis elegantiss. De variarum rerum | nomenclaturis, per classes, liber vi. | PLACE: Antverpiae, |PUBLISHER: apud Ioann. Richardum | YEAR: 1554 | PUB TYPE: Book | FORMAT: 1 p. l., [59] p. 14 maps (12 double) and 2 diagr. on 14 l. 17 cm. SERIES: Books printed in the Low Countries before 1601 ; roll 512, item | 5. | NOTES: Printer's mark on t.-p. Volume tightly bound. At foot of l. 14: Impr. Antuerp. An.MDLIIII. In verse. Printed in italics. Microfilm. Watertown, Mass., General Microfilm Co., [19--] 1 microfilm reel. 35 mm. (Books printed in the Low Countries before 1701, roll 512, item 5) OTHER: Rudimentorum cosmographicorum Ioan. Honteri Coronen, libri viii. IL CRL CENTER FOR RES LIBR Y ================== 17. AUTHOR: Honter, Johannes, 1498-1549. | TITLE: Rvdimentorvm cosmographicorum Ioan. Honteri Coronensis libri III. | eum tabellis geographicis elegantissimis. | De variarum rerum nomenclaturis per classes, liber I. | PLACE: Tigvri, |PUBLISHER: apvd Froschouerum, | YEAR: 1548 | PUB TYPE: Book | FORMAT: 1 p. l., [58] p. 16 maps and diagrs. on 14 1. 15cm. NOTES: Title vignette (printer's marks) In verse: printed in italies. Maps and diagrams printed on both sides: the map of the world is inseribed: Vniversalis cosmographia. Tigvri H[el]V[eti] E .M.D.XI.,VI. "De variarum rerum nomenelaturls" has caption title: Rvdimentorvm cosmographicorum, liber # MA HLS HARVARD UNIV Y MI EYM UNIV OF MICHIGAN LIBR ================== 18. AUTHOR: Honter, Johannes, 1498-1549. | TITLE: Rudimenta Cosmographica Elementele cosmografiei : Brasov 1542 / | PLACE: Cluj-Napoca : |PUBLISHER: Editura Dacia, | YEAR: 1988 | PUB TYPE: Book | FORMAT: 97 p. : ill., 20 cm. | NOTES: Latin and Romanian on facing pages. "Coperta de Ioan Horvat Bugnariu". CA STF STANFORD UNIV LIBR N IL CGU UNIV OF CHICAGO Y IN IUL INDIANA UNIV Y KS KKU UNIV OF KANSAS Y MA HLS HARVARD UNIV Y MI EYW WAYNE STATE UNIV Y WA WAU UNIV OF WASHINGTON Y QU LGG MCGILL UNIV Y EU BLX BRITISH LIBR, THE N EQO UNIV OF OXFORD N WG2 UNIV OF LONDON, WARBURG INST N ================ 19. TITLE: Rvdimentorvm cosmographicorum Ioan. Honteri Coronen. libri III, cum tabellis geographicis elegantissimis. De variarum rerum nomenclaturis per classes liber I. | PLACE: Antverpiae, |PUBLISHER: apud Ioann. Richardum | YEAR: 1554 | PUB TYPE: Book | FORMAT: [59] p. 14 maps (12 double) and 2 diagr. on 14 leaves. 17 cm. NOTES: Printer's mark on t.p. | At foot of leaf 14vo: Impr. Antverp. An. M.D.LIII. | In verse; italic type. | Bound with Ptolomaeus, C., Mathematicae constructionis. CA STA SANTA CLARA UNIV Y =================== 23. AUTHOR: Honter, Johannes, 1498-1549. | TITLE: Rvdimentorvm cosmographicorum libri III, cum tabellis | geographicis elegantissimis. | De variarum rerum nomenclaturis per classes liber I. | PLACE: [Tiguri, |PUBLISHER: Apud Froschouerum] | YEAR: 1583 | PUB TYPE: Book | FORMAT: [30] l. 13 maps, 2 diagrs. 16 cm. NOTES: Title vignette: device of C. Froschauer. The maps are from the edition of 1546, the map of the world | inscribed: Tigvri M.D.XL.VI. In verse; italic type. "De variarum rerum nomenclaturis" has caption title: Rvdimentorvm cosmograhicorum liber IIII. CA CUY UNIV OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY Y RQE UNIV OF CALIFORNIA, BANCROFT LIBR, ARL N DC LNN LIBRARY OF CONGRESS N ================= 25. AUTHOR: Honter, Johannes, 1498-1549. | TITLE: Rvdimentorvm cosmographicorvm ... libri III, cum tabellis geographis elegantissimis; de variarum rerum nomenclaturis per classes, liber I. | PLACE: [n.p.] | YEAR: 1590 | PUB TYPE: Book | FORMAT: [60] p. | NOTES: Contains 4 books, but no plates. In verse. OH CLE CLEVELAND PUB LIBR Y ================= 28. AUTHOR: Honter, Johannes, 1498-1549. | TITLE: Rvdimenta cosmographica. | PLACE: Tigvri, |PUBLISHER: Apud Froschouerum, | YEAR: 1546 | PUB TYPE: Book | FORMAT: [48] l. ill., 14 maps. 15.3 cm leaf. | NOTES: 8: a-dp8s, p2sa-dp4s (-p2sd3) [$5 (-a1; -p2sa1,4; -p2sb4; - p2sc4] | Leaves [31](d7), [32](d8), and [47](p2sd3) blank; blank leaf [48](p2sd4) missing from MBAt copy. | Woodcut initials, ill., and maps. Printer's device on t.p. "Cirvli Sphaerae Cvm V Zonis,": leaves [33-46](p2sa1-p2sd2) includes a world map dated at Zurich 1546 which has the monogram of Heinrich Vogtherr the Elder after whose drawings the woodcut maps were made. The maps appeared for the first time in this ed. | Adams, H. M. Cat of bks. ... 1501-1600, H-831; Harrisse, H. Bibl. am. vet., 271; Sabin 32794. OTHER: Vogtherr, Heinrich, 1490-1556, illus. | Circuli sphaerae cum V. zonis. MA BAT BOSTON ATHENAEUM Y OH OCP PUBLIC LIBR OF CINCINNATI/HAMILTON CNTY Y EU LKG LINKOPING STADSBIBLIOTEK N ============================================================