Detail View: Genizah Collection:
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Reference number:
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A 697 - 1
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Obverse:
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A 697 - 2
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Image Number:
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JRL0701826dc
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Image Title:
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Astronomical tables
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Subject:
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Astronomy
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Date created:
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1796/97
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Language:
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Hebrew
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Script:
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Numerals: alphanumerical
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Script:
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Hebrew
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Support material:
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Paper
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Item height:
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169 mm
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Item width:
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120 mm
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Folio:
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1 / 1 leaf, recto
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Bibliographic Reference:
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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).
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Notes:
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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.
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Discovery site:
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Egypt: Cairo: Ben Ezra synagogue
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Former repository:
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Moses Gaster
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Fragments
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Image rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access rights:
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Image sequence number:
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A00697-1
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Image technique:
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Digital capture by Gten
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Date image captured:
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2007-01-09
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Date: added:
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2007-02
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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