Aratea.
Contributors: Aratus, Solensis.; Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden. Bibliotheek.
Publisher: Faksimile-Verlag Luzern
Published: 1987
Place of publication: [Lucerne, Switzerland]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 193
Notes: A Latin adaptation, generally ascribed to Germanicus Caesar, of Aratus' Greek poem Phaenomena.
Facsimile of the illustrated manuscript (Ms. Voss. Lat. Q. 79) in the Leiden University Library. The original was produced in Lotharingia ca. 830-840 and includes a late 13th cent. transcription of the text from its rustic capitals into gothic minuscules. Cf. Exhibition catalog by A. von Euw (Schnütgen-Museum Köln, 1987) accompanying LC copy.
Title from publisher's colophon.
LC copy accompanied by facsim. of a single page (Planetarium), an exhibition catalog, etc.