Publication: Sobre el manuscrito [BH MSS 205] de la Biblioteca Histórica de la Universidad Complutense, con obras de Diego Pérez de Mesa (1563-ca.1632)
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2017-01-31
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La Biblioteca Histórica de la Universidad Complutense, bajo la signatura BH MSS 205, custodia un manuscrito antiguo con material diverso en latín y castellano atribuido a Diego Pérez de Mesa, que fue catedrático de Matemáticas en la Complutense en el periodo 1585-1595. Este manuscrito, que efectivamente puede datarse en los primeros años del siglo XVII, no parece ser muy conocido y no se menciona en las obras eruditas sobre Pérez de Mesa. La mayor parte del documento es de naturaleza astrológica, aunque quizá lo más interesante desde una perspectiva actual sean partes menores de contenido cosmográfico. En este artículo presentamos los resultados de la lectura que hemos realizado de dicho manuscrito, proponemos una división de su contenido, discutimos autoría y fecha de composición e intentamos encuadrarlo en el contexto general de la vida y obra conservada de Pérez de Mesa. Concluimos que este manuscrito representa un ejemplo más (español en este caso) de la profunda conexión entre astrología y Revolución Científica.
The Biblioteca Historica of Complutense University (Madrid, Spain) under the call number BH MSS 205, holds an old manuscript of miscellaneous contents, written in Latin and in Span-ish, which is attributed to Diego Pérez de Mesa, Mathematics Professor at Complutense during the period 1585-1595. This manuscript, that indeed can be dated back to the first years of the XVII century, seems not to be very well known, and is not catalogued in the usual scholar litera-ture about Pérez de Mesa. Most of the document is of astrological nature, although maybe more interesting from a modern point of view are some minor parts on Cosmography. In this article we present the results of our reading of the manuscript, propose a division of its con-tents, discuss authorship and writing date and try to frame it into the general context of life and preserved works of Pérez de Mesa. We conclude that this manuscript represent one more ex-ample (Spanish in this case) of the profound connection between astrology and the Scientific Revolution.
The Biblioteca Historica of Complutense University (Madrid, Spain) under the call number BH MSS 205, holds an old manuscript of miscellaneous contents, written in Latin and in Span-ish, which is attributed to Diego Pérez de Mesa, Mathematics Professor at Complutense during the period 1585-1595. This manuscript, that indeed can be dated back to the first years of the XVII century, seems not to be very well known, and is not catalogued in the usual scholar litera-ture about Pérez de Mesa. Most of the document is of astrological nature, although maybe more interesting from a modern point of view are some minor parts on Cosmography. In this article we present the results of our reading of the manuscript, propose a division of its con-tents, discuss authorship and writing date and try to frame it into the general context of life and preserved works of Pérez de Mesa. We conclude that this manuscript represent one more ex-ample (Spanish in this case) of the profound connection between astrology and the Scientific Revolution.