FEATURES – Codex on parchment, 245 x 164 mm, 32 pp.
ORIGIN – Italy: Milan.
CHRONOLOGY – 15th century: 1450-1460.
PATRONAGE AND OWNERS – The manuscript was probably commissioned by Bianca Maria Visconti (1425-1468) and Francesco I Sforza (1401-1466). Afterwards it belonged to Bianca Maria Sforza (1472-1510).
GENRE – Treatises / Secular books; Astronomy / Astrology.
CONTENTS – Commentary on the medieval treatise De Sphaera Mundi by Johannes de Sacrobosco.
LANGUAGE – Italian.
SCRIPT – Gothic.
DECORATION – 15 full-page miniatures, 9 astronomical drawings, 1 tabula climatum.
ARTIST – Cristoforo de Predis.
STYLE – Renaissance.
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