[Astronomical anthology]

University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

114 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 275 x 204 (190 x 132) mm bound to 288 x 224 mm; Binding: Modern blind-stamped morocco, with 2 sets of clasps and catches.; 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 penwork infilling frames on some tables (p. 196-211); headings in red or green ink.; Dimensions of original manuscript: 275 x 204 (190 x 132) mm. bound to 288 x 224 mm.; Foliation: Parchment, iv (modern paper) + 114 + iv (modern paper; [1-228]; modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.; Hebrew.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Layout: Text written in 2 columns of 37 lines; some leaves ruled in faint ink.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Written in Catalonia, probably 1391 (Langermann).; Related Work: Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164. Reshit ḥokhmah.; Related Work: Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164. Sefer ha-ʻolam u-maḥberot ha-meshartim kulam.; Related Work: Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Almagest. Hebrew.; Script: Written in Sephardic cursive script by multiple hands, one perhaps of a scribe named Moshe (p. 2); headings written in square script.; Table of contents: 1. p.1-23: [Canons and tables / Jacob ben David ben Yom Tov] -- 2. p.25-60: [Reshit ḥokhmah (Beginning of wisdom) / Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra] -- 3. p.61-68: [Sefer ha-mivḥarim (Book of elections) / Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra] -- 4. p.69-76: [Mishpeṭe ha-mazalot (Book of the judgments of the zodiacal signs) / Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra] -- 5. p.77-86: [Sefer ha-mabaṭim / Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra] -- 6. p.86-92: [Sefer ha-ʻolam (Book of the world) / Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra] -- 7. p.93-94: [Sefer ha-mivḥarim li-Baṭlamyus (Book of elections of Ptolemy)] -- 8. p. 95-102, 107-108: [Tables for converting between the Christian and Jewish calendars] -- 9. p.103-106, 114-115, 145-146, 179-182: [Astrological tables for the equation of houses at latitude 42°] -- 10. p.110: [Perpetual calendar for the molad] -- 11. p.116-144: [Illuminated star catalog for the year 1391] -- 12. p.147-178: [Astronomical tables of Don Pedro, King of Aragon] -- 13. p.195-228: [Astronomical tables by Abraham bar Ḥiyya and others] -- 14. p.223: [Hebrew-Arabic star list] -- 15. p.226-228: [Astrological-anatomical-physiological-mystical text].; Title supplied by cataloger.