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Date of this Version
10-2014
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History | Medieval Studies | Other Arts and Humanities
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Porter, D. (2014, October 01). Video Orientation to the University of Pennsylvania Library's LJS 204 - Shesh kenafayim. [Video file.] Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_video/54
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Summary:
Written in Italy, 1509, in Hebrew. Introduction and compilation in 6 divisions of astronomical tables concerning the movements of the sun and moon, solar and lunar eclipses, and the day of the new moon, calculated for the Jewish calendar and the longitude and latitude of Tarascon, Provence, the home of the author.