COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
A 697 - 1
Obverse:
A 697 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0701826dc
Image Title:
Astronomical tables
Subject:
Astronomy
Date created:
1796/97
Language:
Hebrew
Script:
Numerals: alphanumerical
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
169 mm
Item width:
120 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Bibliographic Reference:
Goldstein, B.R. and J. Chabás, 'Transmission of computational methods within the Alfonsine corpus: the case of the tables of Nicholaus de Heybech', Journal for the History of Astronomy 39 (2008), pp. 345-55, esp. pp. 354-5 (described).
Notes:
34 lines. Astronomical tables depending on Zacut's tables of 1513 described in above article. Times of true opposition (full-moon) for each month in the year 1796-97 computed (date expressed as 557). Abraham Zacut (1452-1515) credited on line 1 for the method of determining true oppositions.
Discovery site:
Egypt: Cairo: Ben Ezra synagogue
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository:
Moses Gaster
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Access rights:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Image sequence number:
A00697-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-01-09
Date: added:
2007-02
Metadata language:
eng-GB
