Compliation of Latin scientific works in the Sotheby family collection De numero atomorum totius universi Paulus, van Middelburg, Bishop of Fossombrone 1445-1534 author [Italy?] after 1570 Obtains the volume of the celestial spheres by calculating distances from earth to moon, sun, fixed stars. Explains eclipses. With geometrical diagrams. May not be by Paulus. 12 leaves : illustrations. MS E183 item 1 2963290 1 An herbae, lapides, ac gemmae vires et facultates habeant [Italy?] after 1570 In Latin, with Italian side-notes. Draft? Concerns particularly the magical qualities of precious stones. MS E183 item 2 2965027 2 Ex Caesare Delphino Parmenti medico in Digressione in carmina sexta Aeneidos Delphinus, Caesar, medicus Parmensis -1566 author [Italy?] after 1570 Apparently extracts from and additions to his commentary on the 6th book of the Aeneid. Grammar, cosmology, theology, natural science, astrology; in scholastic style. 3 leaves of notes on Paulus Middelburgensis follow leaf 17. 18 leaves + 3 leaves and 2 loose notes in gutter MS E183 item 3 2963175 3 De falsa diluvij prognosticatione Nifo, Agostino approximately 1473-1545? author [Italy?] after 1570 Copy of the printed book of 1520 which refuted the astrologers who predicted a Great Flood in 1524. 12 leaves MS E183 item 4 2963286 4 Chronicon Ivonis Carnotensis episcopi De regibus Francorum Ivo, Saint, Bishop of Chartres approximately 1040-1116 author [Italy?] after 1570 Brief chronicle of French kings to 1108; in Latin with Italian additions. Also 2 anonymous Italian chronicles: "Origine dei Re di Francia" (begins "Di Laomed’te doppo ... ") and "Principio della Casa di Piping" (to 998). 13 leaves MS E183 item 5 2963228 5 Item 1: imgs 7-30 -- Item 2: imgs 31-62 -- Item 3: imgs 63-104 -- Item 4: imgs 105-128 -- Item 5: imgs 129-154e Manuscripts, Medieval text text/html reformatted digital 5 items bound together nonprojected graphic ku-speccoll:20566https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-speccoll/20566MS E183 2963350 lat Latin ita Italian kus University of Kansas v This work is free of known copyright restrictions. University of Kansas Descriptive metadata from KU Library catalog record. MODS generated, with additional values/elements added, by KU Libraries Digital Initiatives. 2026-07 English eng