Further to the above:
Evan's papers on the origin of the Ptolemaic star catalogue include reference to MS
Grec 2506 in the BNF (or Bib.Nat. de Paris).
My search engine doesn't turn it up on BNF Gallica so it may not yet be digitised.
Evans writes of the Hipparchan star catalogue (now believed lost)
"
Quote:In 1892, Ernst Maass published a previously unknown Greek list of the constellations from a manuscript in the Laurentian Library. Other copies were soon turned up elsewhere. In some lists, the text lists only the names of the constellations. In others, the name of each constellation is followed by the number of stars that the constellation contains. Again, in some manuscripts, the constellation list is attributed explicitly to Hipparchus, while in others it is anonymous. A collation and study of the manuscripts was made by Franz Boll. The new constellation list was also discussed at length by Dreyer.
One of the best texts is found in a fourteenth century manuscript in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris (Grec 2506). Here the text is entitled, 'From the stars of Hipparchus' and lists 46 constellations with the number of stars in each..'
Evans, J., 'On the Origin of the Ptolemaic Star Catalogue - Part One',
Journal for the History of Astronomy, Vol.18, NO. 3/AUG,( 1987) pp.155-172.
This paper and 'Part 2' are both online, made available through NASA.
Part 1 is at
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and Part 2 at
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I should be most grateful indeed if anyone can discover the number of stars given for Sagittarius in these 'Hipparchan' lists, and preferably according to BNF MS Grec 2506.