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Collection of astronomical texts — [late 15th century]; [Byzantium]

MS. Pococke 368

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Title

Collection of astronomical texts — [late 15th century]; [Byzantium]

Shelfmark

MS. Pococke 368

Place of origin

[Byzantium]

Date

[late 15th century]

Contents

1. ff.1r-194r, 199r-199v, 203r-217v Yitsḥaḳ ben Yosef, active 13th-14th centuryישראלי, יצחק בן יוסף Yesod Olam יסוד עולם
2. ff. 194v-198v, 200r-202v, 234r-236v Extracts on asntronomy and mathematics
3. ff. 218r-218v Al-Aḥdab, Iṣḥak ben Shlomo, 1396-1429?יצחק בן שלמה בן צדיק אלחדב ספרדי Notes on the calendar מאמרים על הלוח
4. ff. 219v-221v Isaac ben Elijah ben Aaron ha-Kohen of Syracuseיצחק בן אליהו הכהן Treatise on the calendar חבור על הלוח
5. ff.222r-233v Astronomical tables for 1384.

Form

codex

Support

paper

Physical extent

ff. 239 (fols. 237-239 are blank)

Acquisition

Edward Pococke's collection of oriental MSS (mostly Armenian, Hebrew and Arabic) was purchased by the Library for £800 in 1692 (see Summary Catalogue, vol. II, p. 1008).

Provenance

Owners' inscription at the beginning of the MS (fol. 1r): "יוסף ן’ שאנג’י"; "שלמה בכ"ר משה קבולי", מנחם קבולי, יוסף בן יעקב [...]., Edw: Pococke.

Subject

Mathematics

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  • Isaac ben Elijah ben Aaron ha-Kohen of Syracuseיצחק בן אליהו הכהן
  • רא"ם
  • Shabtai ben Ovadyah
  • ʻImanuʼel ben Yaaḳov
  • Bonfils, Immanuel ben Jacob
  • Judah b. בסה
  • Yitsḥaḳ ben Yosef, active 13th-14th century

  • Al-Aḥdab, Iṣḥak ben Shlomo, 1396-1429?

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