Marʼeh ha-ofanim] ... [etc. (DS728) (Q3912)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9959630913503681, LJS 494, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9959630913503681)
- Sphaera mundi.
- Sphaera mundi
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| English | Marʼeh ha-ofanim] ... [etc. (DS728) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9959630913503681, LJS 494, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9959630913503681) |
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27 August 2023
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Sphaera mundi
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Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, active 1230
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Finzi, Mazliah
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Halberstam, S. J. 1832-1900
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Judith Montefiore College (Ramsgate, England)
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Jewish philosophy--Early works to 1800
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between 1425 and 1450
15. century
1425Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 22 leaves : paper ; 209 x 151 (143 x 104) mm bound to 220 x 186 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Foliation: Paper, iii (modern) + 22 + xxxv (modern); 112 210; [1-22], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto.
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Layout: Written in 31-34 long lines; ruled in faint ink for horizontals with vertical bounding lines in lead.
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Script: Written in Ashkenazic semi-cursive script by 2 hands (f. 1r-11v, 12r-22r).
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Decoration: 3 astronomical diagrams (f. 1v, 2v, 10r); occasional manicules (f. 9v, 13r).
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Watermark: Briquet Tête de boeuf à yeux 14871 (Brescia, 1434-1445).
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Binding: 20th-century half morocco over cloth; gatherings sewn on stubs.
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Origin: Written in northern Italy in the second quarter of the 15th century (based on watermark information).
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Possible ownership inscription: Mazliah Finzi (possibly Mazliah ben Zacharias Finzi of Parma, f. 22v).
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Formerly owned by Polish scholar and bibliophile S. J. Halberstam (ms. 244, Montefiore label inside upper cover; number in pencil, f. 1r).
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Sold as part of Halberstam's library to Judith Montefiore College (Ramsgate, England), after 1887, ms. 424 (label inside upper cover, Montefiore MS. 424; gilt number on spine; stamps, f. 1r, 22v; number in pencil, f. 1r).
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Placed on deposit at Jews' College (London) as part of the Montefiore Endowment, 1899.
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Sold at auction at Sotheby's (New York) as part of a collection of manuscripts from the Montefiore Endowment, 27 Oct. 2004, lot 309.
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Sold by Les Enluminures (Paris and Chicago) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, August 2008.
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Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2013.
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Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.
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28 April 2025
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