Facsimile of LJS 251, Ars artium
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Cabala--Early works to 1800
Gematria--Early works to 1800
Mathematics--Early works to 1800
Algebra--Early works to 1800 Codices
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Manuscripts Latin--17th century
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Gematria--Early works to 1800
Mathematics--Early works to 1800
Algebra--Early works to 1800 Codices
Diagrams
Tables (documents)
Treatises
Manuscripts Latin--17th century
Manuscripts European
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2015-01-14
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17th-century copy of a 16th-century treatise (1564, p. 6; 1569, p. 121) on cabalistic gematria (the mystical interpretation of language), in which strings of letters, in this case Latin sentences, are assigned a numerical value. Begins with a dedication to Maurice Hassia, Landgraf of Katsenelnbogen, Dietz, Zitgen-Hain, and Nidda, and a preface in which Schopper cites Christian Renaissance scholar Pico della Mirandola as his primary source for the Hebrew tradition of cabala. The mathematical notation used in the manuscript suggests that the text was copied and updated between 1655 and 1699.