This may be worth a quick peak, for your more general project: I
recently came across William Vaughan's Poematum libellus (1598), a
short collection that contains a cycle "De sphaerarum ordine."
All best,
Brad
On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Ayesha Ramachandran
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> Thank you *so much* again for the many generous answers and offers of help,
> both on and off list. I'm off to chase down some sources and send some
> grateful emails. Thanks again!
>
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> Ayesha Ramachandran
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> Subject: De Sphaera
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> Chapter 10 in Ian McFarlane's Buchanan (1981) gives a pretty full account of
> Buchanan's sources and the complications of the poem's immediate reception.
> It could also be useful to look at Emma Gee, 'Borrowed Plumage: Literary
> Metamorphosis in George Buchanan's De Sphaera' in P. Ford and R. Green
> (edd.)in George Buchanan: Poet and Dramatist (Classical Press of Wales
> 2009), 35-58 -- and, though this piece is largely about Ovid, Dr Gee knows
> a lot about ancient astronomy.
>
> --
> Robert Cummings, Department of English Literature, University of Glasgow,
> Glasgow G12 8QQ.
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