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Or 10661
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- Or 10661
- Title:
- Marʾeh ha-ofanim by Joannes Sacro Bosco
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 21 folios (i+21+i)
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- Languages:
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Italian - Scripts:
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Latin - Start Date:
- 1526
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 1526-1599
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- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 10661
Marʾeh ha-ofanim by Joannes Sacro Bosco
Contents
Hebrew translation of Joannes Sacro Bosco's Sphaera Mundi.
Language(s): Hebrew, Italian
ff. 1r-21rTitle: מראה האופניםTitle: Marʾeh ha-ofanimTranslated by Solomon ben Abraham Avigdor.
With numerous diagrams in ink; movable diagram about the Zodiac, fragments of movable diagrams(?) on f. 11v. The diagrams are most probably based on the illustrations of the 1526 Ingolstadt edition by Petrus Apianus (http://mdz-nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb11110162-1).
On f. 20r: The order of the seven planets of the solar system: סדר הנהגת שצ"ם חנכ"ל; with Hebrew and Italian captions.
F. 21r: diagram of the Ten Sefirot.
Cf. printed edition of Offenbach 1720, which included in Abraham bar Ḥiya's Tsurat ha-ʾarets.
Colophon:ff. 2r-7rTitle: First chapterff. 7v-11rTitle: Second chapterff. 11v-16vTitle: Third chapterff. 17r-19vTitle: Fourth chapterPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 16th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Paper with laid lines and chain lines, watermark: anchor in circle with six-point star on top (e.g. ff. 14-15).Extent: 21 folios (i+21+i)Dimensions (leaf): 235 × 180 mm.Dimensions (written): 150/160 × 122/125 mm.Foliation:Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.
Collation
5 quires: i-iv4, v4+1.
Catchword on every page.
Signature on f. 5: 21-בא (a sign that it was copied from a printed edition?).
Condition
Iron gall ink corrosion, water damage, foxing, worm damage.
Layout
Columns:1 4
Ruled lines: 25
Number of written lines per page varies.
Diagrams are mostly embedded into the body of the text.
Hand(s)
Italian Hebrew cursive and square script of the 16th century.
Decoration
Full-page illustration of a globe on f. 7v.
Additions:Front flyleaf (i)v: list of articles in Italian and in Hebrew (or Judeo-Italian?).
F. 20v: Psalms 4:1-3 in Hebrew and, a list of articles in Italian by a different hand.
Binding
Parchment binding; front cover is torn at the top. Remains of a pair of cloth straps on front flyleaf and back cover. Boxed.
Title on front cover: מראה האופנים מאת הרב החכם מהורר שלמה בן אברהם אביגדור.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1526-1599 16th century ItalyProvenance and Acquisition
Ownership inscription on f. 1r: כמהר"ר יצחק לוי ....
Censor's signature on f. 19v: ' Gio｢vanni｣ Domi｢ni｣co Carretto 1618'.
Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 12; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 6 July 1927.
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).Availability
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Surrogates
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