Shelfmark
Fi.5.04(02)
Author
Title
Ḥokhmat ha-mazalot bi-tequfot u-meʻurot ṿe-haqviʻot = Kalendariu[m] Hebraicum, opera Sebastiani Munsteri ex Hebræorum penetralibus jam rece[n]s in lucem æditum: quod no[n] Hebraice studiosis quàm historiographis & astronomiæ peritis subseruire poterit.
Varying form of title
Parallel title: Kalendariu[m] Hebraicum
Varying form of title
Hokhmat ha-mazalot bi-tequfot u-me'urot ve-haqvi'ot
Varying form of title
Kalendarium Hebraicum
Publication, distribution, etc.
Basileae : Apud Io. Frob., Anno M. D. XXVII. [1527]
Physical description
[8], 200, [16] p., [2] fold. leaves of plates : ill. (woodcuts) ; 18 cm. (4to)
Language
Text in Hebrew with Latin translation on facing pages.
Note
First part of title transliterated from Hebrew.
Note
An exposition of the Jewish calendar, including the Hebrew text of an early Jewish historical work, the Seder olam zuta, by Sebastian Münster, one of the greatest Christian Hebraists of his time. Münster taught Hebrew language (and for a short time Bible) at Heidelberg and Basel Universities. Via his teaching and his textbooks, he helped to establish Hebrew and the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible as viable subjects of academic study.
Note
Note in 2nd suppl. cat. of Hebrew printed books in the British Library: Including portions of the Seder Olam zuta, the beginning of the Sefer ha-Kabalah of Abraham ben David ha-Levi, and Iggul, the chronological canon of Nahshon Gaon.
Note
Signatures: a-z⁴ A-E⁴.
Note
The two folded plates are signed h3 and q2 to indicate where they should be bound.
Note
Colophon: Basileae apud Io. Frob. anno M.D.XXVII. Mense Ianuario.
Note
Printer's device on title page, and on last page at end.
Note
Historiated initials, marginal notes.
Note
Dedicated to Bernardo Episcopo Tridentino.
Note
Text in Hebrew with Latin translation on facing pages.
Citation/references note
Adams, M1933
Citation/references note
VD16, M6688
Citation/references note
Lawn, Brian. Catalogus Bibliothecae Lawnianae, p. 155
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731. 18th-century engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Ms. ownership inscription on final page, with two line inscription in Greek: "Robertus Brettone" i.e. Robert Bretton?
Provenance
Ms. calculation, diagram, Greek annotation and possible ownership inscription (crossed out) on endleaf of bound volume.
Binding
17th-century brown calf; blind-tooled border of three rolls; four sewing stations; rebacked in recent brown calf retaining earlier red leather spine label.
Copy-specific note
Bound with: Pont, Robert. De sabbaticorum annorum periodis chronologica... digestio. [London] : Excusum per Gulielmum Iones, 1619.
Copy-specific note
Previously Ag.7.26.
Subject
Jewish calendar Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Froben, Johann, 1460? - 1527 printer.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Basel.
Language code
lat heb heb
Identifier
B37979