04012nam 2200793Ia 450 991078262070332120230912162658.01-282-85180-297866128518030-7735-6266-410.1515/9780773562660(CKB)1000000000714066(OCoLC)243574803(CaPaEBR)ebrary10135924(SSID)ssj0000282879(PQKBManifestationID)11219528(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282879(PQKBWorkID)10335842(PQKB)10773701(CaPaEBR)401031(CaBNvSL)jme00326322 (Au-PeEL)EBL3331315(CaPaEBR)ebr10141988(CaONFJC)MIL285180(OCoLC)929121636(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/d2sztx(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/401031(MiAaPQ)EBC3331315(DE-B1597)656698(DE-B1597)9780773562660(MiAaPQ)EBC3245641(EXLCZ)99100000000071406619901221d1990 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPlanets, potions, and parchments[electronic resource] scientifica Hebraica from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the eighteenth century /B. Barry LevyMontreal ;Buffalo Published for the Jewish Public Library by McGill-Queen's University Pressc19901 online resource (153 p.) Catalogue of an exhibition presented by the Jewish Public Library, and held May-Sept. 1990 at the David M. Stewart Museum, Montréal.0-7735-0793-0 0-7735-0791-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [136]-137) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Of Whirlwinds and Crucibles -- God and Nature in Ancient Times -- Astronomy -- Mathematics and Geometry -- General Science -- Medicine -- Science and Religious Ritual -- Geography and Cartography -- Postscript -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- IndexMore than 200 rare scientific manuscripts, books, maps, amulets, and magical texts have been brought together from renowned collections in Europe, Canada, Israel, Great Britain, and the United States specifically for this exhibition. The most famous among these is a fragment from the Dead Sea Scrolls containing chapters 81 to 85 from the Book of Psalms: fragments from the scrolls have been in Canada on only two other occasions. The exhibition will have an Assyrian cuneiform tablet from the seventh century BCE that describes treatments for eye ailments, a first edition Copernicus, and several texts by Maimonides, including one with marginal notes by Martin Luther. Also featured, in a rare Latin translation, is an Arabic medical book written by a Jew, demonstrating the international and inter-faith nature of the medieval scientific endeavour.Jewish scientistsEarly works to 1800BibliographyExhibitionsScienceEarly works to 1800BibliographyExhibitionsJewsMedicineEarly works to 1800BibliographyExhibitionsHebrew imprintsExhibitionsManuscripts, HebrewExhibitionsJewish illumination of books and manuscriptsExhibitionsJewish scientistsEarly works to 1800ScienceJewsMedicineEarly works to 1800Hebrew imprintsManuscripts, HebrewJewish illumination of books and manuscripts509Levy B. Barry1566129Jewish Public Library (Montréal, Québec)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782620703321Planets, potions, and parchments3836474UNINA