Collection ID: 0001 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Astronomical anthology.

Authors

• Jacob ben David ben Yom Tov
• Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164
• Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164
• Ptolemy, active 2nd century

Other related names

• Sassoon, David Solomon, 1880-1942, former owner (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82055059)

Call number

Oversize LJS 57
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9948521743503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/779369048
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1333424 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278 https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3k93169z https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs57.html

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Hebrew

Origin

Date

1361?

Place

Catalonia

Summary

Collection of astronomical texts, including a copy of a treatise on the calendar originally compiled for Pedro IV, King of Aragon, with an almanac of oppositions and conjunctions of the sun and moon and predictions of lunar and solar eclipses; four short works by the 12th-century scientist Abraham Ibn Ezra on an introduction to astrology, choosing the most auspicious moment for a given activity, the zodiac, and astrology concerning humankind collectively; and a Hebrew translation of Ptolemy's Almagest, with numerous tables, diagrams, and illustrations.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   
• 1. p.1-23: [Treatise on calendar and leap years / Jacob ben David ben Yom Tov]
   
• 2. p.25-60: [Reshit ḥokhmah (Beginning of wisdom) / Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra]
   
• 3. p.61-68: [Sefer ha-mivḥarim (Book of elections) / Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra]
   
• 4. p.69-86: [Mishpeṭe ha-mazalot (Book of the judgments of the zodiacal signs) / Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra]
   
• 5. p.86-93: [Sefer ha-ʻolam (Book of the world) / Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra]
   
• 6. p.93-228: [Hebrew translation of Almagest / Ptolemy]
   
• Dimensions of original manuscript: 275 x 204 (190 x 132) mm. bound to 288 x 224 mm.
   

Extent

114 leaves : 275 x 204 (190 x 132) mm bound to 288 x 224 mm

Foliation

Parchment, iv (modern paper) + 114 + iv (modern paper; [1-228]; modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.

Support

Parchment

Binding

Modern blind-stamped morocco, with 2 sets of clasps and catches.

Layout

Text written in 2 columns of 37 lines; some leaves ruled in faint ink.

Decoration

2 full-page color illustrations in gouache and ink of constellation maps (p. 112-113); 43 smaller illustrations of constellations in gouache and ink with gold bezants for stars (p. 117-144); panel headpiece in interlaced red and green penwork and full border of gold bezants flourished in colored ink (p. 1); numerous full-page diagrams and tables in red and brown ink; Gothic penwork infilling frames on some tables (p. 196-211); headings in red or green ink.

Script

Written in Sephardic cursive script by multiple hands, one perhaps of a scribe named Moshe (p. 2); headings written in square script.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by David Solomon Sassoon (Ms. 823), probably purchased in the mid-1920s.
   
• Offered for sale as part of Sassoon's collection at auction at Sotheby's (Zurich), 5 November 1975, lot 15.
   
• Offered for sale as part of Sassoon's collection at auction at Sotheby's (New York), 4 December 1984, lot 88.
   
• Formerly owned by the Carl Alexander Floersheim Trust for Art and Judaica (Bermuda).
   
• Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 10 Dec. 1996, lot 48, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
   
• Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2013.
   

Subjects topical

• Astronomy--Early works to 1800
• Astronomy
• Astrology--Early works to 1800
• Astrology
• Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts
• Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts
• Zodiac in art
• Zodiac in art

Genres

• codices (bound manuscripts)
• diagrams
• illuminations
• treatises
• Tables (Data)
• Manuscripts, Hebrew--14th century
• Manuscripts, Medieval

Keywords

• 14th century
• Diagrams
• Illumination
• Astrology
• Astronomy
• Illustrations
• Spain
• Sephardi

Licenses

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Table of contents

• 1 — Treatise on calendar and leap years, p. 1
• 25 — Reshit h?okhmah (Beginning of wisdom), p. 25
• 61 — Sefer ha-mivh?arim (Book of elections), p. 61
• 69 — Mishpetei ha-mazalot (Book of the judgments of the zodiacal signs), p. 69
• 86 — Sefer ha-?olam (Book of the world), p. 86
• 93 — Hebrew translation of Almagest, p. 93

Decorations

• 1 — Decorated headpiece, p. 1
• 1 — Illuminated border, p. 1
• 10 — Table, p. 10
• 11 — Table, p. 11
• 12 — Table, p. 12
• 13 — Table, p. 13
• 14 — Table, p. 14
• 15 — Table, p. 15
• 16 — Table, p. 16
• 17 — Table, p. 17
• 18 — Table, p. 18
• 19 — Table, p. 19
• 20 — Table, p. 20
• 21 — Table, p. 21
• 22 — Table, p. 22
• 23 — Table, p. 23
• 70 — Decorated panel, p. 70
• 75 — Table, p. 75
• 76 — Table, p. 76
• 95 — Table, p. 95
• 96 — Table, p. 96
• 97 — Table, p. 97
• 98 — Table, p. 98
• 99 — Table, p. 99
• 100 — Table, p. 100
• 101 — Table, p. 101
• 102 — Table, p. 102
• 103 — Table, p. 103
• 104 — Table, p. 104
• 105 — Table, p. 105
• 106 — Table, p. 106
• 107 — Table, p. 107
• 108 — Table, p. 108
• 110 — Table, p. 110
• 111 — Diagram, p. 111
• 112 — Illustrated map, Constellations, p. 112
• 113 — Illustrated map, Constellations, p. 113
• 114 — Table, p. 114
• 115 — Table, p. 115
• 117 — Illuminated illustration, p. 117
• 118 — Illuminated illustration, p. 118
• 119 — Illuminated illustration, p. 119
• 120 — Illuminated illustration, p. 120
• 120 — Table, p. 120
• 121 — Illuminated illustration, p. 121
• 121 — Table, p. 121
• 122 — Illuminated illustration, p. 122
• 122 — Table, p. 122
• 123 — Illuminated illustration, p. 123
• 123 — Table, p. 123
• 124 — Illuminated illustration, p. 124
• 124 — Table, p. 124
• 125 — Illuminated illustration, p. 125
• 125 — Table, p. 125
• 126 — Illuminated illustration, p. 126
• 126 — Table, p. 126
• 127 — Illuminated illustration, p. 127
• 127 — Table, p. 127
• 128 — Illuminated illustration, p. 128
• 128 — Table, p. 128
• 129 — Illuminated illustration, p. 129
• 129 — Table, p. 129
• 130 — Illuminated illustration, p. 130
• 130 — Table, p. 130
• 131 — Illuminated illustration, p. 131
• 131 — Table, p. 131
• 132 — Illuminated illustration, p. 132
• 132 — Table, p. 132
• 133 — Illuminated illustration, p. 133
• 133 — Table, p. 133
• 134 — Illuminated illustration, p. 134
• 134 — Table, p. 134
• 135 — Illuminated illustration, p. 135
• 135 — Table, p. 135
• 136 — Illuminated illustration, p. 136
• 136 — Table, p. 136
• 137 — Illuminated illustration, p. 137
• 137 — Table, p. 137
• 138 — Illuminated illustration, p. 138
• 138 — Table, p. 138
• 139 — Illuminated illustration, p. 139
• 139 — Table, p. 139
• 140 — Illuminated illustration, p. 140
• 140 — Table, p. 140
• 141 — Illuminated illustration, p. 141
• 141 — Table, p. 141
• 142 — Illuminated illustration, p. 142
• 142 — Table, p. 142
• 143 — Illuminated illustration, p. 143
• 143 — Table, p. 143
• 144 — Illuminated illustration, p. 144
• 144 — Table, p. 144
• 144 — Manicule, p. 144
• 145 — Table, p. 145
• 146 — Table, p. 146
• 147 — Table, p. 147
• 148 — Table, p. 148
• 149 — Table, p. 149
• 150 — Table, p. 150
• 151 — Table, p. 151
• 152 — Table, p. 152
• 153 — Table, p. 153
• 154 — Table, p. 154
• 155 — Table, p. 155
• 156 — Table, p. 156
• 157 — Table, p. 157
• 158 — Table, p. 158
• 159 — Table, p. 159
• 160 — Table, p. 160
• 161 — Table, p. 161
• 162 — Table, p. 162
• 163 — Table, p. 163
• 164 — Table, p. 164
• 165 — Table, p. 165
• 166 — Table, p. 166
• 167 — Table, p. 167
• 168 — Table, p. 168
• 169 — Table, p. 169
• 170 — Table, p. 170
• 171 — Table, p. 171
• 172 — Table, p. 172
• 173 — Table, p. 173
• 174 — Table, p. 174
• 175 — Table, p. 175
• 176 — Table, p. 176
• 177 — Table, p. 177
• 178 — Table, p. 178
• 179 — Table, p. 179
• 180 — Table, p. 180
• 181 — Table, p. 181
• 182 — Table, p. 182
• 183 — Table, p. 183
• 184 — Table, p. 184
• 185 — Table, p. 185
• 186 — Table, p. 186
• 187 — Table, p. 187
• 188 — Table, p. 188
• 189 — Table, p. 189
• 190 — Table, p. 190
• 191 — Table, p. 191
• 192 — Table, p. 192
• 193 — Table, p. 193
• 194 — Table, p. 193
• 194 — Diagram, p. 194
• 195 — Table, p. 195
• 196 — Decorated table, p. 196
• 197 — Decorated table, p. 197
• 198 — Decorated table, p. 198
• 199 — Decorated table, p. 199
• 200 — Decorated table, p. 200
• 201 — Decorated table, p. 201
• 202 — Table, p. 202
• 203 — Table, p. 203
• 204 — Table, p. 204
• 205 — Decorated table, p. 205
• 206 — Decorated table, p. 206
• 207 — Decorated table, p. 207
• 208 — Decorated table, p. 208
• 209 — Decorated table, p. 209
• 210 — Decorated table, p. 210
• 211 — Decorated table, p. 211
• 212 — Table, p. 212
• 213 — Table, p. 213
• 214 — Table, p. 214
• 215 — Table, p. 215
• 216 — Table, p. 216
• 217 — Table, p. 217