Beldemandis (Beldomandi, Beldemando, Beldimando), Prosdocimo de

Padua c.1370-1428


Dates in life

Astronomical and Astrological works

Mathematical works

Bibliography


Born Padua 1370/80

1400;1402 Studied in Padua and Bologna

1409 In Padua received the title of "magister artium"

1411 In Padua received the title of "magister medicinae"

1411-1412 Lived in Montignana, a small town near Padua where he composed some musicological works

1422-1428 Padua, teached Astronomy "stipendio argenteorum quadraginta"

Dead Padua 1428


Astronomical and Astrological works

1. Comentum sphaerae

Prologue (TK 179): Bonum enim (omne) quanto communius tanto melius

Inc. (TK 1235): Quibusdam prolixitatibus in principiis librorum communiter

Mss.:

Published in:

Sphaerae tractatus Iohannis de Sacro Busto viri clarissimi, Gerardi Cremonensis Theoricae planetarum veteres, Georgii Puerbachi Theoricae planetarum Novae, Venetiis 1531 apud L.A.Giuntii, cc. 1-57

BB XII, 174-187, Santinello 77-84, Markowski

2. Canones de motibus corporum supercoelestium a.1424

Inc. (TK 549, T,iv,79): Facta et ordinata sunt quam plurima et varia ...

Mss.:

Italian transl.:

BB XII, 155, 187-206

3. Canones tabularum astronomicarum Iacobi de Dondis patavini a.1435

Mss.:

4. Tabulae mediorum motuum, equationum, stationum et latitudinum planetarum, elevationis signorum, diversitatis aspectus lunae, mediarum coniunctionum et oppositionum lunarium, ferarium, latitudinarum, climatum, longitudinum et latitudinum civitatum

Mss.:

BB XII, 206-208

5. Stellae fixae verificatae tempore Alphonsi

Inc.: Completis anni Christi 1251

Mss.:

BB XII, 208-210

6. Canones Magistri Iohannis de Saxonia super Tabulas Alphonsi scripti per me Pros. De Beldomandis de Padua

Inc. (TK 1561): Tempus est mensura primi mobilis ut scribit Aristoteles

Mss.:

BB XII, 215

7. Canones ad inveniendum tempus introitus solis in quodcunque XII signorum in Zodiaco

Inc. (TK 318): Cum modum tempus introitus solis ...

Mss.:

BB XII, 212-214

8. Canones ad inveniendum introitus lunae in quodlibet XII signorum in Zodiaco

Inc. (TK 773): Introitum lunae in quodlibet duodecim signorum

Mss.:

BB XII, 214-215

9. Tractatus de ellectionibus - c.1413

Inc. (TK 912): Nihil prestantius in humano regimine

Mss.:

BB XII, 210-212

10.  De mansionibus lunae - a.1406

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Other astronomical works attributed to Prosdocimo

The following works were ascribed to Prosdocimo from Favaro (Favaro, 1890), but the attribution was based on a dubious tradition (a note in the copy of the printed edition of 1512 Instrumentum Astrolabii etiam Impressum est Venetiis in officina Petri Lichtenstein Coloniensis Germani anno 1512 at the Bibliotheca Jagellonica in Krakow). Other authors followed Favaro (TK, Beaujouan, Rosinska 1974, 1984, Markowski 1990, ...).
The editor of that edition, Federico Delfino, professor of astronomy in Padua in the first half of XVI century, ascribed the text to Prosdocimo in his manuscript copy: Edinburgh Cr.3.28: 'Prosdocimo de beldemandis patavi viri clarissimi compositio et operacio Instrumenti dicti astrolabium 'revisa et' tradita Impressioni propter bonum comune a domino federico delphino artium et medicine doctore et mathematicarum disciplinarum in celeberrimo gimnasio patavino publico professore anuente deo feliciter Incipit (Ker p.569)

1. Compositio et Operatio Astrolabii secundum novam compositionem

Inc. (TK 331): Cum plurimi ob nimiam quandoque accumulationem

Mss.:

BB XII, 215-216

2. Compositio Astrolabii et operatio secundum novam et veterum compositionem

Inc. (TK 1164): Quamvis de astrolabii compositione tam modernorum ...

Mss.:

Published with: Roberti Anglici viri Astrologia prestantissimi de Astrolabio Canones Incipiunt. G.L. [fol. 2, line 9] preceded by a dedicatory epistle by U. Lanciarinus Perugia, 1480, 4o. cc.27r-42r [Gunther p.561 facsimile of f.1 ed.1480]  

Mathematical works

1. Tractatus algorismi

Inc.: (TK 774) Inveni in quam pluribus libris algorismi nuncupatis

Mss.:

Published together with a work by Ioannes de Liveris (John of Linieres) Padua 22 Feb. 1483

BB XII, 41-140; Santinello 74-76

2. Canon in quo docetur modus componendi et operandi tabulam quandam

Mss.:

Published by Favaro, BB XII, pp.143-145

BB XII, 141-152

3. Tractatus ad calculandum

Inc. (TK 1291): Quoniam ...

Mss.:

BB XII, 153

4. Tabula calculatoria

BB XVIII

5. De arte numerandi

TK 1137 Prohemium in quo divisio mathematice ...

Mss.:

BB XII 155


Bibliography


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