Abraham bar Hiyya Savasorda, approximately 1065-approximately 1136. Tsurat ha-arets
An astronomical and geographical treatise in Hebrew on the form of the earth, the elements, the structure of the spheres, and the course of the stars. A portion was translated into Latin by Sebastian Münster and Erasmus Oswald Schreckenfuchs. A commentary may have been made by Ḥayyim Lisker.
- HMML ID
- 314067021586
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- Abraham bar Hiyya Savasorda, approximately 1065-approximately 1136. Tsurat ha-arets
- HMML native script
- צורת הארץ
Variants
- Form of the Earth
- פועל ה יג צורת הארץ
Work information
- Title
- Tsurat ha-arets
- Author
- Centuries
- 12th century CE
- Original languages
- Genres
Versions
- Expression
- Abraham bar Hiyya Savasorda, approximately 1065-approximately 1136. Tsurat ha-arets. Hebrew
- Language
- Hebrew
- Title
- Tsurat ha-arets
- HMML native script
- צורת הארץ
General notes
- Description
- ""Form of the Earth" (Hebrew: צורת הארץ), an astronomical work on the formation of the heavens and the earth, which was to have been followed by a second part on the course of the stars. A portion was translated into Latin by Sebastian Münster and Erasmus Oswald Schreckenfuchs. It appears also that complete translations into Latin and French were made.The Bodleian Library contains a copy with a commentary, apparently by Ḥayyim Lisker."
- Citations
- "Abraham bar Hiyya," Wikipedia, accessed May 17, 2024, https://perma.cc/49MU-78WM.
- Citations
- Hebrew Books, accessed May 17, 2024, https://www.hebrewbooks.org/21775.
- Citations
- 47424 (Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Oct 158), Hill Museum & Manuscript Library.
Preferred citation
"Abraham bar Hiyya Savasorda, approximately 1065-approximately 1136. Tsurat ha-arets." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified May 17, 2024. https://w3id.org/haf/work/314067021586
Change notes
- Date added
- 2024-05-17
- Last edited
- 2024-05-17
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