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Or 2806

Record Id:
032-003314042
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Or 2806
Title:
Collection of astronomical works
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
129 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2806 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1599
Date Range:
1400-1599
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Abraham bar Hiyya Savasorda, c 1065-1136
Abraham bar Hiyya Savasorda, c 1065-1136
Al-Aḥdab, Isḥak ben Shlomo, c 1396-1429
Al-Aḥdab, Isḥak ben Shlomo, c 1396-1429
Falaquera, Shem Tov ben Joseph, 1225-1295
Falaquera, Shem Tov ben Joseph, 1225-1295
Hirsch Lipschutz
Isaac ben Elijah, Ha-Cohen,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/315202793
Isaac ben Elijah, Ha-Cohen,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/315202793
Ya῾aḳov ben Yitsḥaḳ Comtino
TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 2806

Collection of astronomical works

Contents

Astronomical works.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-20r
Author: Al-Aḥdab, Iṣḥak ben Shlomo חדב, יצחק בן שלמה
Title: Kele ḥemdah
Title: כלי חמדה

Folios 1-10 contain a number of notes and excerpts on philosophical and mathematical topics, apparently in the handwriting of Mordekhai Comtino (15th century), whose signature is found on folio 7v. Al-Aḥdab's treatise begins on folio 11r.

ff. 20v-39v
Author: Al-Aḥdab, Iṣḥak ben Shlomo חדב, יצחק בן שלמה
Title: Oraḥ selulah
Title: ארח סלולה

A long introduction precedes the tables (folios 20v-32r).

ff. 40r-48v
Title: Ḥibur ῾al ha-luaḥ
Title: חבור על הלוח
Author: Isaac ben Elijah, ha-Kohen יצחק בן אליהו הכהן

A short astronomical treatise, with the tables of the latitude of Syracuse in Sicily.

ff. 49r-119v
Author: Abraham bar Hiyya Savasorda אברהם בן חייא
Title: Tsurat ha-arets
Title: צורת הארץ
ff. 120r-121v
Title: Ha-mevaḳesh
Title: המבקש
Author: Falaquera, Shem Tov ben Joseph פלקירא, שם טוב בן יוסף אבן

A fragment only, written in an Oriental semi-cursive script of the 17th century.

ff. 122r-129v
Title: Fragments of astronomical and astrological works
Title: קטעים מחבורים באסטרונומיה ואסטרולוגיה

Fragments, written in Sefardi semi-cursive script of probably 14th century. Folios 123-128 are occupied with circular diagrams of the zodiac, accompanied by notes. Folio 129 contains a list of designations and a circular diagram, accompanied by an explanation in Arabic.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th to 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 129 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 200 × 135 mm.
Dimensions (written): 135 × 85 mm.
Foliation:

129 folios (+ 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).

Collation

Leaves on gaurds.

Condition

Tidemarks at all edges and some losses.

Worm damage infilled.

Usage stains.

Mould darkening.

Binding rubbed at joints and edges.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 28

Written lines: 28

Uniform layout.

Visible ruling with a hard-point.

Catchwords on every verso.

Larger bold initial words.

Astronomical tables at the end.

Marginal additions and notes.

Hand(s)

Byzantine and Sefardi semi-cursive of the 15th to 16th century.

Additions:

Binding

BM in-house. Boxed.

Spine: 'Astronomical Tracts. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 2806.'

History

Origin: 15th-16th century ; Ottoman Empire (Greece)?

Provenance and Acquisition

Ya῾aḳov ben Yitsḥaḳ Comtino: inscribed, folio 11r.

Hirsch Lipschütz: purchased from him by the British Museum on 10 December 1884: inscribed, back flyleaf (i)v.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_2806 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), no. 1013.

Funding of Cataloguing

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