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Or 10498

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Or 10498
Title:
Marʾeh ha-ofanim by Johannes de Sacro Bosco (fragment)
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
5 folios (viii+5+i)
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1400-1499
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CE
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Names:
Avigdor, Solomon ben Abraham, d 1384
Avigdor, Solomon ben Abraham, d 1384
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, fl 1230,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000435366491,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/78777284,
Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, fl 1230,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000435366491,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/78777284,
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 10498

Marʾeh ha-ofanim by Johannes de Sacro Bosco (fragment)

Contents

A fragment of the Hebrew translation of Sacro Bosco's Sphaera mundi.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-5v
Author: יוהאנס דה סאקרו בוסקו Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, active 1230
Title: מראה האופנים (קטע)
Title: Marʾeh ha-ofanim (ḳeṭaʿ)
Incipit: רחוקים מקוטבי התנועה הראשונה כ"ג מעלות וג"ל דקים אמנם התנועה הראשונה כל
Explicit: תמו שירי ומאמרי ...

Translated by Solomon ben Abraham Avigdor. His name is mentioned on f. 5v (column 2, line 2): בנו אברהם שמו לאבגדורים.

Without diagrams.

Fragment.

Cf. London, BL, Or 10661.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 5 folios (viii+5+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 155 mm.
Dimensions (written): 172/160 × 100/125 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Currently consists of a single quire of 4+1 leaves.

Catchword on every verso.

Condition

Water damage, usage stains, ink stains.

eaves are fragile, ff. 3-5 are damaged.

Layout

Columns:1 2

Ruled lines: 29

Written lines: 29

Section headings in larger, square characters.

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 15th century.

Binding

Post-1600, black cloth binding.

M. Gaster's label on the spine: 361 ס' תכונה

History

Origin: 1400-1499 15th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 361; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 14 March 1928.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and the Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Gaster Collection, the British Library, London; preface by Brad Sabin Hill; reproduced from the MS and typescript blue-slips prepared by Jacob Leeven, Joseph Rosenwasser and David Goldstein (London: Hebrew Section. Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996) (unpublished copy is available in the AAS reading room).

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