(Q3867)
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Israeli, Isaac ben Joseph, active 14th century
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Dessauer, M. 1842-1895
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Országos Rabbiképző-Intézet (Hungary)
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Jewish astronomy--Early works to 1800
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[1460?]
15. century
1460Gregorian
1460Gregorian
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Extent: 70 leaves : parchment and paper, illustrations ; 198 x 136 (140 x 88) mm bound to 210 x 146 mm
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Collation: Parchment and paper, i (modern paper) + 70 + i (modern paper); 1¹⁸ 2-3²⁰ 4²⁰(-8); [1-70], modern foliation in pencil, upper left and upper center recto. Gatherings have outermost and central bifolia of parchment with paper bifolia in between.
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Origin: Written in Spain or Italy, ca. 1460.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Ms. codex.
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Layout: Written in 40 long lines; frame-ruled in faint ink.
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Script: Written in Sephardic Hebrew script.
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Decoration: 37 astronomical diagrams representing orbits, eclipses, and other phenomena, with spaces left blank for additional diagrams.
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Binding: Modern leather, blind-tooled, with 2 clasps.
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Formerly owned by Moritz Dessauer, founding rabbi of the synagogue in Meiningen; inscription, Geschenk des Landrabbiners Dr. M. Dessauer in Meiningen, recording gift by Dessauer to unknown recipient (inside lower cover).
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Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Fall 2005.
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Formerly in the library of Országos Rabbiképző-Intézet (the Rabbincal Seminary of Budapest).
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Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
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27 August 2023
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27 August 2023
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