Manuscript Monday… Manuscript Monday: Ms. Codex 1678 – Liber Piccatriciae. (Video Orientation) 29 May 20233 Mar 2023 Dot Porter, Curator, Digital Research Services at the University of Pennsylvania Library, presents a video orientation to Ms. Codex 1678, a Latin translation of an Arabic magical handbook copied from…
Manuscript Monday… Manuscript Monday: LJS 388 – [Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʼah]. = [ملخص في الهيئه]. (Video Orientation) 22 May 20233 Mar 2023 Dot Porter, Curator, Digital Research Services at the University of Pennsylvania Library, presents a video orientation to LJS 388, an astronomical textbook arranged in two chapters with an introduction and…
Manuscript Monday… Manuscript Monday: Ms. Codex 1677 – Ars artium … [etc.]. (Video Orientation) 15 May 20233 Mar 2023 Dot Porter, Curator, Digital Research Services at the University of Pennsylvania Library, presents a video orientation to Ms. Codex 1677, an occult compendium copied and compiled by Charles Rainsford and…
Manuscript Monday… Manuscript Monday: LJS 387 – al-Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ. = القاموس المحيط. (Video Orientation) 8 May 20233 Mar 2023 Dot Porter, Curator, Digital Research Services at the University of Pennsylvania Library, presents a video orientation to LJS 387, a dictionary of the Arabic language originally compiled between 1368 and…
Manuscript Monday… Manuscript Monday: Ms. Codex 1661 – Arts and sciences : chemistry. (Video Orientation) 1 May 20233 Mar 2023 Dot Porter, Curator, Digital Research Services at the University of Pennsylvania Library, presents a video orientation to Ms. Codex 1661, a collection of recipes (numbered 1-253 with many errors) for…
Manuscript Monday… Manuscript Monday: LJS 386 – Kitāb Mīzān al-ḥikmah. = كتاب ميزان الحكمة. (Video Orientation) 24 Apr 20233 Mar 2023 Dot Porter, Curator, Digital Research Services at the University of Pennsylvania Library, presents a video orientation to LJS 386, substantial sections from an illustrated treatise (called in English "Book of…
Manuscript Monday… Manuscript Monday: Ms. Codex 1660 – School miscellany. (Video Orientation) 17 Apr 20233 Mar 2023 Dot Porter, Curator, Digital Research Services at the University of Pennsylvania Library, presents a video orientation to Ms. Codex 1660, a collection of alchemical recipes for medicinal use. Probably written…
Manuscript Monday… Manuscript Monday: LJS 385 – School miscellany. (Video Orientation) 10 Apr 20233 Mar 2023 Dot Porter, Curator, Digital Research Services at the University of Pennsylvania Library, presents a video orientation to LJS 385, a collection of classical Latin school texts in various hands. Written…
Manuscript Monday… Manuscript Monday: Ms. Codex 1659 – Ladino manuscript. (Video Orientation) 3 Apr 20233 Mar 2023 Dot Porter, Curator, Digital Research Services at the University of Pennsylvania Library, presents a video orientation to Ms. Codex 1659, a 16th century manuscript written in Ladino (aka Judeo-Spanish or…
Manuscript Monday… Manuscript Monday: LJS 384 – De philosophia mundi … [etc.]. (Video Orientation) 27 Mar 20233 Mar 2023 Dot Porter, Curator, Digital Research Services at the University of Pennsylvania Library, presents a video orientation to LJS 384, a treatise in 4 books on astronomy, geography, meteorology, and medicine,…
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