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Coffee with a Codex: Astronomy in Hebrew

An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different manuscript and the expertise of one of our curators. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Two of the most popular, frequently copied and translated astronomical texts of the Middle Ages were Joannes de Sacro Bosco's Sphaera mundi andĀ Georg von Peurbach's Theoricae novae planetarum. On September 19, Curator Dot Porter will bring out LJS 42, a 16th century commentary on a Hebrew translation of Sphaera mundi, followed by a commentary on a Hebrew translation of Theoricae novae planetarum. (OPenn, BiblioPhilly, Internet Archive, CWAC Recording)

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September 19, 2024, 12:00pm - 12:30pm
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Open to the Public

Hosted by: SIMS and Kislak Center

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