{"product_id":"1527-sebastian-munster-kalendarium-hebraicum-antique-illustrated-hebrew-calendar","title":"1527 SEBASTIAN MUNSTER Kalendarium Hebraicum antique ILLUSTRATED HEBREW CALENDAR","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\r\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt\"\u003eMunster, Sebastian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kalendarium Hebraicum, opera Sebastiani Munsteri ex Hebraeorum penetralibus iam recens in lucem aeditum... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHokhmat ha-mazalot bi-tekufot u-me'ubarot ve-ha-kevo'ot (hebraice).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Latin and Hebrew. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntitled. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBasel, Johann Froben; 1527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePages 9-82, pages 87-200, 8 additional leaves. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15th-century half-parchment from a Gothic manuscript with red and black handwriting , with manuscript title plate. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-- VD 16 M 6688. Adams M 1933. Burmeister 44. Zinner 1342. –\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnly edition of the calendar by Sebastian Munster (1488-1552). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e– The title page, four unnumbered leaves, and five numbered leaves are missing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSlightly browned due to the paper, some foxing and damp staining\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSize 6 by 8 inches\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e==========================\u003cbr\u003eAn early Christian exposition on the Hebrew calendar and Jewish history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSebastian Munster (1488-1552) was a prominent and prolific German Humanist, cartographer, cosmographer, and Christian Hebraist. His Hebraic scholarship included a wide range of grammatical, lexicographical, philosophical, historical, and biblical works. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the present lot, Hokhmat ha-mazzalot, completed in Heidelberg in 1526, Munster collected texts treating various aspects of the Hebrew calendar and Jewish history, translated most of them into Latin, and appended his own essays on related topics like intercalation and conjunction. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book includes extracts from the anonymous historical work Seder olam zuta; Rabbi Abraham Ibn Daud’s (ca. 1110-1180) Sefer\/seder ha-kabbalah; several manuscript sources on New Moons, tekufot (seasonal turning points), and the different types of years in the Jewish calendrical system; and the treatment of solar and lunar eclipses found in Johann Stoeffler’s Calendarium Romanum magnum (Oppenheim, 1518)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px\"\u003e=======================================\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease see my other auctions \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThank You\u003c\/span\u003e \r\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRefund Policy: We will issue a FULL REFUND, 100% money back if you are not satisfied with your purchase. Items must be returned to us within 20 days in order to receive a refund or replacement. Buyer is responsible for shipping costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"Motka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52082654347566,"sku":null,"price":2499.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0692\/8017\/0286\/files\/196163-017jpg.jpg?v=1779316850","url":"https:\/\/motka.store\/products\/1527-sebastian-munster-kalendarium-hebraicum-antique-illustrated-hebrew-calendar","provider":"Motka","version":"1.0","type":"link"}