The Astrological and Calendar Section of the Earliest Maḥzor Vitry Manuscript (MS ex-Sassoon 535).
The earliest known Maḥzor Vitry manuscript, MS ex-Sassoon 535, includes a section with astrological and calendar texts that are the oldest found in any extant manuscript from Franco-Germany. An edition of the text of this section, whose main part constitutes an almost complete treatise on the Jewish...
| Publicado en: | Aleph: Historical Studies in Science & Judaism Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 199 - 318 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Indiana University Press
Jul2015
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=109016696&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 109016696 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 15651525 AF8 jtl: Aleph: Historical Studies in Science & Judaism issn: 15651525 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2015 vid: 15 iid: 2 pid: 211 pub: Indiana University Press artinfo: ui: 109016696 10.2979/aleph.15.2.199 ppf: 199 ppct: 119 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 2.7MB tig: atl: The Astrological and Calendar Section of the Earliest Maḥzor Vitry Manuscript (MS ex-Sassoon 535). aug: au: Stern, Sacha Isserles, Justine su: Manuscripts Rabbis Astrology Rabbinical literature Jewish calendar sug: subj: Manuscripts Rabbis Astrology Rabbinical literature Jewish calendar ab: The earliest known Maḥzor Vitry manuscript, MS ex-Sassoon 535, includes a section with astrological and calendar texts that are the oldest found in any extant manuscript from Franco-Germany. An edition of the text of this section, whose main part constitutes an almost complete treatise on the Jewish calendar, is offered, along with an annotated translation. The introduction includes a description of the manuscript, a summary of the contents, and some general comments on the arithmetic content of the calendar treatise and on its talmudic and other rabbinic citations. The text of the treatise is full of errors, some of which indicate that it was a copy of a copy of the original. On the basis of the calendrical data and palaeographical and codicological criteria, the earliest date for the composition of the calendar treatise can be established as 1123/4, and the latest date for the present manuscript as 1154/5. This shows that the treatise was copied repeatedly in a relatively short period. Clearly distinct from the contemporary calendar treatises by Jacob b. Samson (1123/4) and Samuel b. Meir (Rashbam, 1129/30), it provides further evidence of the developing interest in Jewish calendar computation in northern France in the early twelfth century, especially within the school of Rashi. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Aleph: Historical Studies in Science & Judaism is the property of Indiana University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Aleph: Historical Studies in Science & Judaism holder: Indiana University Press dt: @attributes: year: 2015 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|