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Collection of astronomical texts in Hebrew from source texts ranging from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Subjects include geography, the Ptolemaic model of the universe, solar and lunar eclipses, and the astrolabe. Frequent marginal notes and glosses, some from copied from known commentaries to these works.
Support: paper; Extent: 204 leaves : 201 x 150 (130-155 x 92-120) mm. bound to 210 x 172 mm; Foliation: Paper, iii (modern paper) + 204 + iii (modern paper); [1-204], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto; contemporary foliation using Hebrew letters in ink visible on some leaves.
Written in 20-27 long lines.
Written in Ashkenazi semi-cursive script by multiple hands.
25 full-page diagrams, numerous small diagrams in text; some rubrication in red; tables in red and black (f. 107r-133v).
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
Ms. codex.
Title for manuscript from title supplied for first work by cataloger.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Gratz?
Possibly written in Gratz, in the second half of the 16th century, after the first edition of Erasmus Reinhold's Theoricae novae planetarum Georgii Purbacchii Germani in 1542, some of which is copied alongside the Hebrew translation of Peurbach (f. 188r-196v), on paper with watermarks similar to those on paper produced in Gratz in the 1580s and 1590s (Les Enluminures).
19th-century half morocco over cloth
Hebrew
Possible ownership inscription: Yitshaq Cohen (f. 1; Les Enluminures).
Formerly owned by Italian philologist, poet, and biblical exegete Samuel David Luzzatto (Les Enluminures).
Acquired by the Polish scholar and bibliophile S.J. Halberstam from the estate of Samuel David Luzzatto, ms. 134 (Halberstam number on Montefiore label, inside upper cover).
Sold as part of Halberstam's library to Judith Montefiore College (Ramsgate, England), after 1887, ms. 423 (gilt spine, Montefiore MS. 423; label inside upper cover).
Placed on deposit at Jews' College (London) as part of the Montefiore Endowment, 1899 (Les Enluminures).
Sold at auction at Sotheby's (New York) as part of a collection of manuscripts from the Montefiore Endowment, 27 Oct. 2004, lot 308.
Sold by Les Enluminures (Paris and Chicago) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle in memory of Martin L. Fine, 2012.
Gratz?
Possibly written in Gratz, in the second half of the 16th century, after the first edition of Erasmus Reinhold's Theoricae novae planetarum Georgii Purbacchii Germani in 1542, some of which is copied alongside the Hebrew translation of Peurbach (f. 188r-196v), on paper with watermarks similar to those on paper produced in Gratz in the 1580s and 1590s (Les Enluminures).
Hebrew
Possible ownership inscription: Yitshaq Cohen
Formerly owned by Italian philologist, poet, and biblical exegete Samuel David Luzzatto
Acquired by the Polish scholar and bibliophile S.J. Halberstam from the estate of Samuel David Luzzatto, ms. 134
Sold as part of Halberstam's library to Judith Montefiore College
Placed on deposit at Jews' College
Sold at auction at Sotheby's
Sold by Les Enluminures
Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle in memory of Martin L. Fine, 2012.
Collection of astronomical texts in Hebrew from source texts ranging from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Subjects include geography, the Ptolemaic model of the universe, solar and lunar eclipses, and the astrolabe. Frequent marginal notes and glosses, some from copied from known commentaries to these works.
Ms. codex.
Title for manuscript from title supplied for first work by cataloger.
Written in Ashkenazi semi-cursive script by multiple hands.
25 full-page diagrams, numerous small diagrams in text; some rubrication in red; tables in red and black (f. 107r-133v).
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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