Facsimile of LJS 42, Bet Elohim
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Astronomy--Early works to 1800
Astronomy Medieval
Jewish astronomy--Early works to 1800
Planetary theory--Early works to 1800 Codices
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Manuscripts Hebrew--16th century
Manuscripts Renaissance
Astronomy Medieval
Jewish astronomy--Early works to 1800
Planetary theory--Early works to 1800 Codices
Commentaries
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Manuscripts Hebrew--16th century
Manuscripts Renaissance
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2015-01-24
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Commentary on Solomon ben Abraham Avigdor's Hebrew translation of Joannes de Sacro Bosco's Sphaera mundi, followed by a commentary on a Hebrew translation, possibly by Almosnino himself, of Georg von Peurbach's Theoricae novae planetarum, with the assistance of Aharon Afia. This copy was made 5 years after the works were composed in 1546 (f. 168r). Almosnino's commentary on Sacro Bosco includes the earliest reference in Jewish literature to Amerigo Vespucci and America (f. 23v), among discussion of other geographical discoveries.