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Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, ebr. 392

[Colour scanned images of the textblock and covers.]
Collection of two main and two minor works, Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew.โ€ƒ Date:

undated; c. 800/โ€‹1400 (Beit-Ariรฉ & Pasternak, based on a comparison of watermarks).

โ€ƒ Or.:

possibly al-Andalus; unknown scribe.

โ€ƒ Prov.:

handwritten note โ€˜Lingua 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 (โ€˜173โ€™) and the current one (โ€˜392โ€™) (Iv). Old shelfmark โ€˜173โ€™ (Ir), current shelfmark (1r, 87v); stamp of the Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana (1r, 87v).

Cod.:โ€ƒpaper, I+87+Ia ff. (foliated with Arabic-European numerals in ink, with ff. I and 1 additionally numbered โ€˜1โ€™ and โ€˜1aโ€™ 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 (1rโ€“49v), or in brown or red (51rโ€“87v). 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 (1rโ€“v, 86v, 87r). Dimensions: 200ร—140 mm, written area: 150ร—93 mm (1rโ€“49v) and 140ร—88 mm (51rโ€“87v); 26 (1rโ€“49v) and 23 (51rโ€“87v) lines per page. Covers in white parchment over paper pasteboards. Type III binding.

Cont.:โ€ƒastronomy and mathematics. โ€” Index: Ptolemaica (1rโ€“48v); a mathematical theorem on spherical triangles, referring to the first part of the Ptolemaic work (48vโ€“49v); a poem in Hebrew within an ornamental frame (50v); Joseph b. Naแธฅmias, Kitฤb Nลซr al-สฟฤlam (51rโ€“87v). Blank: 49bis, 50r, Ia.

Bibl.:โ€ƒBernard R. Goldstein, โ€˜The Survival of Arabic Astronomy in Hebrewโ€™, Journal for the History of Arabic Science 3 (1979), pp. 31โ€“39, here p. 32; Moritz Steinschneider, Mathematik bei den Juden, 2 vols, Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 2001, vol. I, p. 114 (no. e38); Delio Vania Proverbio, โ€˜Manoscritti scientifici giudeo-arabi (praeter lexica) nella serie dei codici vaticani ebraiciโ€™, Miscellanea Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae 8 (2001), pp. 351โ€“405, here pp. 368โ€“379; 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. 45โ€“46, 263, 265 n. 5, etc. โ€” DigiVatLib: https://opac.vatlib.it/mss/detail/Vat.ebr.392 (with scans).

1rโ€“โ 48v

\1r\ || ืžืข ืขื•ื“ื” ื–ืžืืŸ ืืœืกื ื” ืœื ื’ื™ืจ ื•ืื ื” ืœื ื ืจื“ ืืœืืžื•ืจ ืืœื˜ื„ืื”ืจื” ื‘ืืœื›ืกื•ืคืืช ืชื›ืืœืฃ ืงื™{โ€ฆ} ื•ืชืœืš {โ€ฆ โ€ฆ โ€ฆ} ื˜ึ—ื”ืจ ืื›ึ—ืชืœืืฃ ืกืืขืชืืŸ ื‘ืืœืชืงืจื™ื‘ ืœื• ื›ืืŸ ืืœืื›ึ—ืชืœืืฃ ื‘ื’ื’ึ— ื•ืื—ื“ ืคืงื˜ ืœื• ืœื ื™ื“ืจืš ื—ืงื™ืงื” ืืœืืžืจ ืคื™ื’ึ—ื“ ื–ืžืืŸ ืืœืกื ื” {โ€ฆ} ื™ื•ืžื” ื•ืืงืœ ืžืŸ ืจื‘ืข ื™ื•ื โ€” \48v\ ืืœืฆื‘ืื—ื™ื” ื•ืืœืžืกืื™ื” ืคื™ ืžื‘ืื“ื™ ืกืื™ืจ ืืœื‘ืจื•ื’ึ— ื•ื•ื˜ึ—ืขื ืื”ื ืคื™ ื’ื“ื•ืœ ืคื™ื” ื™ื‘ ืกื˜ืจื”ึ—ึ— ื•ื” ืฆืคื•ืฃ ืคื™ ืืœืื•ืœ ืžืŸ ืžื‘ืื“ื™ ื‘ืจื’ึ— ื‘ืจื’ึ— ื•ืคื™ ืืœืืชื ืืŸ ืื‘ืขืื“ ืืœืžืกืื™ื” ื•ืืœืฆื‘ืื—ื™ื” ืœืœื–ื”ืจื” ื•ืืœื‘ืืงื™ืŸ ืœืขื˜ึ—ืืจื“. ื›ืžืœ ืื›ึ—ืชืฆืืจ ืืœืžืงืืœื” ืืœื™ื‘ ืžืŸ ืืœืžื’ึ—ืกื˜ื™ ื•ื‘ืชืžืืžื” ืชื ืืœื›ืชืื‘.

\1r\ ||โ€ฏู…ุน ุนูˆุฏุฉ ุฒู…ู† ุงู„ุณู†ุฉ ู„ุง ุบูŠุฑ ูˆุฃู†ู‘ู‡ ู„ู… ู†ุฑุฏู‘ ุงู„ุฃู…ูˆุฑ ุงู„ุธุงู‡ุฑุฉ ุจุงู„ูƒุณูˆูุงุช ุชุฎุงู„ู ู‚ูŠ{โ€ฆ} ูˆุชู„ูƒ {โ€ฆ โ€ฆ โ€ฆ} ุธู‡ุฑ ุงุฎุชู„ุงู ุณุงุนุชุงู† ุจุงู„ุชู‚ุฑูŠุจ ู„ูˆ ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุงุฎุชู„ุงู ุจุฌุฒุก ูˆุงุญุฏ ูู‚ุท ู„ูˆ ู„ู… ูŠุฏุฑูƒ ุญู‚ูŠู‚ุฉ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑ ููŠุฌุฏ ุฒู…ุงู† ุงู„ุณู†ุฉ {โ€ฆ} ูŠูˆู…ู‡ ูˆุฃู‚ู„ู‘ ู…ู† ุฑุจุน ูŠูˆู… โ€” \48v\ ุงู„ุตุจุงุญูŠู‘ุฉ ูˆุงู„ู…ุณุงุฆูŠู‘ุฉ ููŠ ู…ุจุงุฏุฆ ุณุงุฆุฑ ุงู„ุจุฑูˆุฌ ูˆูˆุถุนู†ุงู‡ุง ููŠ ุฌุฏูˆู„ ููŠู‡ ูŠุจ ุณุทุฑุฉ ูˆู‡ ุตููˆู ููŠ ุงู„ุฃูˆู‘ู„ ู…ู† ู…ุจุงุฏุฆ ุจุฑุฌ ุจุฑุฌ ูˆููŠ ุงู„ุงุซู†ุงู† ุฃุจุนุงุฏ ุงู„ู…ุณุงุฆูŠู‘ุฉ ูˆุงู„ุตุจุงุญูŠู‘ุฉ ู„ู„ุฒู‡ุฑุฉ ูˆุงู„ุจุงู‚ูŠู† ู„ุนุทุงุฑุฏ. ูƒู…ู„ ุงุฎุชุตุงุฑ ุงู„ู…ู‚ุงู„ุฉ ุงู„ูŠุจ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุฌุณุทูŠ ูˆุจุชู…ุงู…ู‡ ุชู…ู‘ ุงู„ูƒุชุงุจ.

=โ€ฏโŒฉIkhtiแนฃฤr al-MajisแนญฤซโŒช (C.1.40)

. โ€” Title: none. โ€” Index: Book III (acephalous), 1rโ€“5v; IV, 5vโ€“11r; V, 11rโ€“20v; VI, 20vโ€“28r; VII/VIII, 28vโ€“29v; IX, 29vโ€“35v; X/XI, 36rโ€“43v; XII, 43vโ€“48v. โ€” Undated colophon containing a long invocation (48v). A few marginal corrections.