Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, ebr. 392
undated; c. 800/โ1400 (Beit-Ariรฉ & Pasternak, based on a comparison of watermarks).
โ Or.:possibly al-Andalus; unknown scribe.
โ Prov.:handwritten note โLingua Arabica charactere hebreoโ at the bottom of the first page of the Ptolemaic work (1r). Description of the two main works in Latin, indicating the old shelfmark (โ173โ) and the current one (โ392โ) (Iv). Old shelfmark โ173โ (Ir), current shelfmark (1r, 87v); stamp of the Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana (1r, 87v).
Cod.:โpaper, I+87+Ia ff. (foliated with Arabic-European numerals in ink, with ff. I and 1 additionally numbered โ1โ and โ1aโ in pencil and an unnumbered blank folio between ff. 49 and 50; catchwords). A single semi-cursive Sephardic hand in brown, dotted for the Judaeo-Arabic parts. Book titles and initial words of passages enlarged and bold in brown (1rโ49v), or in brown or red (51rโ87v). Several diagrams with lines in brown and letters and labels in red. Only one astronomical table with lines in brown and headings and Hebrew abjad numbers in red (58v). Codex in acceptable condition; significant moisture stains throughout, occasionally affecting the readability; restorations with pasted paper slips in the folds and margins (1rโv, 86v, 87r). Dimensions: 200ร140 mm, written area: 150ร93 mm (1rโ49v) and 140ร88 mm (51rโ87v); 26 (1rโ49v) and 23 (51rโ87v) lines per page. Covers in white parchment over paper pasteboards. Type III binding.
Cont.:โastronomy and mathematics. โ
Bibl.:โBernard R. Goldstein, โThe Survival of Arabic Astronomy in Hebrewโ, Journal for the History of Arabic Science 3 (1979), pp. 31โ39, here p. 32; Moritz Steinschneider, Mathematik bei den Juden, 2 vols, Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 2001, vol. I, p. 114 (no. e38); Delio Vania Proverbio, โManoscritti scientifici giudeo-arabi (praeter lexica) nella serie dei codici vaticani ebraiciโ, Miscellanea Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae 8 (2001), pp. 351โ405, here pp. 368โ379; Benjamin Richler, Malachi Beit-Ariรฉ and Nurit Pasternak, Hebrew Manuscripts in the Vatican Library. Catalogue, Cittร del Vaticano: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticano, 2008, p. 339; Robert G. Morrison, Joseph ibn Nahmias. The Light of the World. Astronomy in al-Andalus, Berkeley / Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2016, pp. 45โ46, 263, 265 n. 5, etc. โ
1rโโ 48v
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\1r\ || ืืข ืขืืื ืืืื ืืืกื ื ืื ืืืจ ืืื ื ืื ื ืจื ืืืืืืจ ืืืืืืืจื ืืืืืกืืคืืช ืชืืืืฃ ืงื{โฆ} ืืชืื {โฆ โฆ โฆ} ืึืืจ ืืึืชืืืฃ ืกืืขืชืื ืืืืชืงืจืื ืื ืืื ืืืืึืชืืืฃ ืืืึ ืืืื ืคืงื ืื ืื ืืืจื ืืงืืงื ืืืืืจ ืคืืึื ืืืื ืืืกื ื {โฆ} ืืืื ืืืงื ืื ืจืืข ืืื โ \48v\ ืืืฆืืืืื ืืืืืกืืื ืคื ืืืืื ืกืืืจ ืืืืจืืึ ืืืึืขื ืืื ืคื ืืืื ืคืื ืื ืกืืจืึึ ืื ืฆืคืืฃ ืคื ืืืืื ืื ืืืืื ืืจืึ ืืจืึ ืืคื ืืืืชื ืื ืืืขืื ืืืืกืืื ืืืืฆืืืืื ืืืืืจื ืืืืืืงืื ืืขืึืืจื. ืืื ืืึืชืฆืืจ ืืืืงืืื ืืืื ืื ืืืืึืกืื ืืืชืืืื ืชื ืืืืชืื. \1r\ ||โฏู ุน ุนูุฏุฉ ุฒู ู ุงูุณูุฉ ูุง ุบูุฑ ูุฃููู ูู ูุฑุฏู ุงูุฃู ูุฑ ุงูุธุงูุฑุฉ ุจุงููุณููุงุช ุชุฎุงูู ูู{โฆ} ูุชูู {โฆ โฆ โฆ} ุธูุฑ ุงุฎุชูุงู ุณุงุนุชุงู ุจุงูุชูุฑูุจ ูู ูุงู ุงูุงุฎุชูุงู ุจุฌุฒุก ูุงุญุฏ ููุท ูู ูู ูุฏุฑู ุญูููุฉ ุงูุฃู ุฑ ููุฌุฏ ุฒู ุงู ุงูุณูุฉ {โฆ} ููู ู ูุฃููู ู ู ุฑุจุน ููู โ \48v\ ุงูุตุจุงุญููุฉ ูุงูู ุณุงุฆููุฉ ูู ู ุจุงุฏุฆ ุณุงุฆุฑ ุงูุจุฑูุฌ ููุถุนูุงูุง ูู ุฌุฏูู ููู ูุจ ุณุทุฑุฉ ูู ุตููู ูู ุงูุฃููู ู ู ู ุจุงุฏุฆ ุจุฑุฌ ุจุฑุฌ ููู ุงูุงุซูุงู ุฃุจุนุงุฏ ุงูู ุณุงุฆููุฉ ูุงูุตุจุงุญููุฉ ููุฒูุฑุฉ ูุงูุจุงููู ูุนุทุงุฑุฏ. ูู ู ุงุฎุชุตุงุฑ ุงูู ูุงูุฉ ุงููุจ ู ู ุงูู ุฌุณุทู ูุจุชู ุงู ู ุชู ู ุงููุชุงุจ. =โฏโฉIkhtiแนฃฤr al-Majisแนญฤซโช (C.1.40)
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