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Moses Narboni’s Commentary on Ibn Tufayl’s Ḥay ibn Yaqzan
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Ḥay ibn Yaqẓān, composed by the Muslim philosopher Abū Bakr ibn Tufayl al-Qaysi (1110–1185), relates the story of Ḥay ibn Yaqẓān, literally “Alive, son of Awake,” as he grows up alone on a deserted…

Contributor:

Solomon Norzi

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Date:

1527

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Philosophy, Animals, Ecology

Categories:

Print & book culture, Science & philosophy
Facing-page manuscript with Hebrew text and an illustration of a naked boy sitting next to a deer on bottom margin of left-hand page.
Astronomical Illustration
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This diagram of the cosmos is from a treatise on astronomy, Sefer mareh ha-ofanim (The Appearance of the Heavenly Beings), by Solomon ben Abraham Avigdor. The treatise was mostly a translation of…

Contributor:

Solomon ben Abraham Avigdor, Artist Unknown

Places:

Mantua, Italy

Date:

16th Century

Subjects:

Ecology, Astrology, Astronomy

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Metaphysics, Astrology
Manuscript page with concentric circles, zodiacal signs and Hebrew labels in outer circles, and some Hebrew text above and below.