France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, héb. 1018

France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, héb. 1018

Astronomical treatises

Physical Description
  • Material: Paper
  • Pages: 220 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 305 x 210 mm

Detailed Description
  • Material Description:
    Text ends on f. 217v . Three folios blank.
  • Decoration:
    Place for figures remained blank in the first part. Watermarks identified (Briquet 5420, Greek cross formed by a double line, Genoa 1310; 5991, star formed by three or four straight lines intersecting in their middle, Genoa 1311; 6346, flower with five petals without stem, Reggio Emilia, 1319 ) suggest the first third of the 14th century as date of production.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in on column. F. 1r - 166v : 31 lines to the page. F. 167r - 217v : 41 lines per page.
  • Hand Description:
    Spanish hand
  • Binding Description:
    Binding with figures and arms of Henri II.
  • Provenance:
    בראש כה"י ציוני בעלים: "קבלתי מגבירי כמ"ר יצחק כ"ץ איש פורטי יצ"ו בג’ ליטרין שמטבע ממנטואה", "אברהם אווזא".
History
  • Origin Date: First third of 14th cent.
  • Origin Place: Provence
  • Hermann Zotenberg , Catalogues des manuscrits hébreux et samaritains de la Bibliothèque Impériale, Paris (1866)
  • Moritz Steinschneider , Die hebraeischen Übersetzungen des Mittelalters und die Juden als Dolmetscher, Berlin (1893) , p. 547
Content
Averroes Epitome of the Almagest 167r - 211v
  • Note:
    בדף 43ב דיון על השם "אשר" והוא כנראה המעתיק.