The British Musical Biography

[E] Bassantin, James, astronomer and math-
ematician, was born in Berwickshire in the
reign of James IV. of Scotland. He studied
at Glasgow and Paris, and passed his life in
scientific pursuits on his estate of Bassendean.
He died in 1568. His works are " Astronomia
Jacobi Bassantini Scoti, opus absolutissimum
. . . ," Geneva, 1599; several minor works on
raathematics, and " Musica secundum Plato-
nem," published about 1560. It was issued in
French and Latin, but is of no practical value,
being simply an abstract-work on music on
the principles of the Platonists.

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