Tabulae Astronomicae

Fourteenth-century astronomical tables, 2 vols. Includes William Rede's adaptation of the Alfonsine Tables, along with other versions of Oxford tables. A detailed list of contents is given in N. R. Ker, Medieval manuscripts in British libraries: 1, London (Oxford, 1969), pp. 193–96.

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The two volumes of astronomical tables were presented to the Royal Astronomical Society in 1845 by Rev. Charles Turnor FRS FRAS. His family purchased Woolsthorpe Manor four years after the death of its owner, Sir Isaac Newton. Turnor developed a great interest in the works of Newton, and collected many artefacts related to him, including a bust of Newton which he donated to the Royal Astronomical Society.

Turnor, Charles, 'Extract of a letter from, accompanying the gift of a valuable astronomical manuscript',Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 6 (1845), p.203

Harris, Richard; Main, R., 'An Account of some Astronomical Tables in the Library of the Rev. C. Turnor' Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society , Vol. 15 (1845), p.179.

Charles Turnor, Obituary, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 13 (1853), p. 116.

Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 85 (1978)

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This item belonged to the library of the Franciscan Friars of Babwell (Bury St Edmunds), in Suffolk.

Inscribed 'De communitate fratrum minorum de Babewelle. Ex dono fratris Nicholai de Hepworth' in fourteenth-century script.
Inscribed 'Franciscus Goldingham' on flyleaf, in fifteenth-century script.

Source: Medieval Libraries in Great Britain , Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, 2015. http://mlgb3.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/.