Ker Fragment

1301: Alhasen, Optica

Ker Number: 
1301
Ker Host Volume: 
Oxford: Corpus Christi College, LE.17.b.4
Oxford: Corpus Christi College, MS. 490
Fragment Title: 
Optica

Textual Information

Subject: 
Science
Author of work: 
Alhasen

Palaeography

Date of production: 
s. xiii/xiv

Further Information

Notes: 

See nos. 1081, 1299, 1300, 1383a, 1991, and p. xi
[Editorial Note] Flyleaf with diagram of parts of the eye and inscription 'Liber domus scolarium de Merton' in Oxon' ex dono Magistri Richardi Geddyng quondam socii' (s. xiv) [DP]; on this fellow of Merton (d. 1298), see A. B. Emden, Biographical Register of the University of Oxford to AD. 1500, 3 vols (Oxford 1957--9) sub Gedding. No doubt a flyleaf of the same MS. as no. 1081.

Dimensions

Number of Fragments: 
1