[Yesod ʻolam].

Abstract:

Partial copy of an introduction to astronomy. Manuscript text is divided in 3 books, with the first book addressing geometry and trigonometry; the second, the structure and position of the Earth; and the third, the movement of the sun and moon and equinoxes and eclipses. The fourth book of the text, on the application of astronomy to the Jewish calendar, and the fifth book, containing canon tables, are not present in this manuscript.

Creator:

Israeli, Isaac ben Joseph, active 14th century.

Date:

1460

Description:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Identifier:

9958580733503681; (OCoLC)ocn818666645; (OCoLC)818666645; (PU)5858073-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Hebrew

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Moritz Dessauer, founding rabbi of the synagogue in Meiningen; inscription, Geschenk des Landrabbiners Dr. M. Dessauer in Meiningen, recording gift by Dessauer to unknown recipient (inside lower cover).; Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Fall 2005.; Formerly in the library of Országos Rabbiképző-Intézet (the Rabbincal Seminary of Budapest).; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.

Publisher:

[Spain or Italy], [1460?]

Relation:

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn) https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs476.html

Subject:

Jewish astronomy.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Medieval.; Jewish astronomy -- Early works to 1800.; Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.; Codices.; Manuscripts, Renaissance.; Treatises.; Manuscripts, Hebrew.; Diagrams.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

70 leaves : parchment and paper, illustrations; 198 x 136 (140 x 88) mm bound to 210 x 146 mm

Personal Name:

Dessauer, M. (Moritz), 1842-1895, former owner.

Corporate Name:

Országos Rabbiképző-Intézet (Hungary), former owner.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Collation: Parchment and paper, i (modern paper) + 70 + i (modern paper); 1¹⁸ 2-3²⁰ 4²⁰(-8); [1-70], modern foliation in pencil, upper left and upper center recto. Gatherings have outermost and central bifolia of parchment with paper bifolia in between.; Origin: Written in Spain or Italy, ca. 1460.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Ms. codex.; Layout: Written in 40 long lines; frame-ruled in faint ink.; Script: Written in Sephardic Hebrew script.; Decoration: 37 astronomical diagrams representing orbits, eclipses, and other phenomena, with spaces left blank for additional diagrams.; Binding: Modern leather, blind-tooled, with 2 clasps.; Hebrew.

Physical Location:

LJS 476

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)