Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

Planets, Potions and Parchments. Scientifica Hebraica from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Eighteenth Century
(115 words)

Author

B. Barry Levy.

Imprint

Montreal, Canada, 1990. 140 pp., illustrations: 16 col., 93 b&w, 28 × 21.5 cm. English.

ISBN

0773507914

Location

David M. Stewart Museum (8 May–9 September 1990)

Description

The Jewish contribution to the history of science, with individual sections dedicated to: astronomy, mathematics and geometry, general science, medicine, science and religious ritual (including circumcision), and geography and cartography. Foreword by Irwin Litvack. Preface by Mrs. David M. Stewart. Introductory essay “Of Whirlwinds and Crucibles” (B. Barry Levy). Full descriptive entries. 169 items.

main keywords

HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
MEDICINE
PRINTED BOOKS

minor keywords

Astrolabes
Astronomy/Astrology
Cairo Genizah
Calendars
Circumcision
Dead Sea Scrolls
Evronot
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Spain, 12th–14th C
Incantation bowls
Zodiac signs

Cite this page
“Planets, Potions and Parchments. Scientifica Hebraica from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Eighteenth Century”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 07 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC1106>
First published online: 2019



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