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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9948521743503681, Oversize LJS 57)
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Astronomical anthology. (DS742)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9948521743503681, Oversize LJS 57)

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    Astronomical anthology.
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    Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts
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    Astronomy--Early works to 1800
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    Astrology--Early works to 1800
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    Early works to 1800
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    Extent: 114 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 275 x 204 (190 x 132) mm bound to 288 x 224 mm
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    parchment, color illustrations
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    Ms. codex.
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    Dimensions of original manuscript: 275 x 204 (190 x 132) mm. bound to 288 x 224 mm.
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    Title supplied by cataloger.
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    Binding: Modern blind-stamped morocco, with 2 sets of clasps and catches.
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    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...
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    Script: Written in Sephardic cursive script by multiple hands, one perhaps of a scribe named Moshe (p. 2); headings written in square script.
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    Layout: Text written in 2 columns of 37 lines; some leaves ruled in faint ink.
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    Foliation: Parchment, iv (modern paper) + 114 + iv (modern paper; [1-228]; modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.
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    Origin: Written in Catalonia, ca. 1361.
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    Formerly owned by David Solomon Sassoon (Ms. 823), probably purchased in the mid-1920s.
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    Offered for sale as part of Sassoon's collection at auction at Sotheby's (New York), 4 December 1984, lot 88.
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    Offered for sale as part of Sassoon's collection at auction at Sotheby's (Zurich), 5 November 1975, lot 15.
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    Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 10 Dec. 1996, lot 48, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
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    Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2013.
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    Formerly owned by the Carl Alexander Floersheim Trust for Art and Judaica (Bermuda).
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    27 August 2023
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    27 August 2023
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