• Miniatures of Equus prior, a half-horse with wings, and Andromeda, in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest.., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

(f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Equus prior and Andromeda Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Miniatures of Serpens Alange, a serpent-dragon and Sagitta (Arrow and bow) in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest.., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Serpens Alange and Sagitta (Arrow and bow) Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Miniature of the constellation Auriga (Chariot or Cart) takes on the form of the medieval model, drawn by a pair each of horses and oxen; the driver, too, is a western medieval version of the heroic charioteer in an Asian-style cap, in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

inscribed 'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Chariot (Auriga) Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Miniatures of Lira (Lyre) and Cignus (Swan), in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest.., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Lira and Cignus Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

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Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7949 (‘Cl. Ptolemaei Harmonicorum Libri tres, cum scholiis ineditis, Graece’): his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12855 , bought by Sims for 12s 6d. (At this date, the manuscript was

• Detail of miniatures of Aquila (Eagle) and Delphin (Dolphin), in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Eagle and Dolphin Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of Ursa minor (Little Bear) and Ursa major (Great Bear) in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

College: inscribed 'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Detail Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a miniature of Auriga (Chariot or Cart) in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

inscribed 'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Chariot (Auriga) Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of miniatures of Libra (Scales) and Scorpio (Scorpion), in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest.., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Libra and Scorpio Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of miniatures of Fluvius (River), depicted as a nude woman in a stream, and Lepus (Rabbit), in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Fluvius (River) and Lepus (Rabbit) Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'I'(n nomine) with a border of red and white roses., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

inscribed 'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Illuminated initial Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a bird holding a scroll inscribed 'Vive le roy' and a border of red and white roses., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

College: inscribed 'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Bird Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'C'(um)., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

inscribed 'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Illuminated initial Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of an astrological chart., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

inscribed 'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Astrological chart Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of historiated initial 'F'(acta) of merchant and golden vessels., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

College: inscribed 'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Merchant Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of geomancy diagrams., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

College: inscribed 'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Detail Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'C'(um) with a birth scene with a midwife presenting the newborn to the mother., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

College: inscribed 'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Birth Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

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National Biography~ (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12020, accessed 10 Feb 2006]. Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller (see below). Bought from Rodd by the British Museum on 13 August 1840 for 10s 6d, along with

• Detail of a historiated initial with the presentation of an astrological textbook to Henry VII., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

inscribed 'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Henry VII Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Decorated headpiece at the beginning of Hermogenes's Peri ton staeon., Peri ton stason, Peri eureseon, Peri ideon logou, with prologues, and various notes, proverbs, and verses

his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7909): his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 1281, bought by Burney. Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by