Title: [Ḥokhmat ha-mazalot;
Title (vernacular): חכמת המזלות :
Authors: Münster, Sebastian,; Froben, Johann,; Bernardus,
Date: 1527
Publisher: Apvd Io. Frob.,
Physical description: [7], 200, [16] p. illus., 2 plates (woodcuts). 21 cm. (4to)
Language: Hebrew
LC classification: C
Contents: Seder ʻolam zuta = Series mundi abbreuiata -- Deḥiyot ṿeha-ḳeviʻot = Translationes et fixiones -- ʻIvur ḳatsuv de-Rav Naḥshon = Canones festiuitatum.
Notes: Signatures: a-z⁴,A-E⁴. Text in Hebrew and Latin on opposite pages. The folding diagram facing p. 52 contains the oldest known view of the Heidelberg castle. The two folded plates are signed h3 and q2 to indicate where they should be bound. Colophon: Basileae apud Io. Frob. anno M.D. XXVII. Mense Ianuario. Printer's device on t.p., and on last p. at end. Historiated initials, marginal notes. Dedicated to Bernardo Episcopo Tridentino. An exposition of the Jewish calendar, including the Hebrew text of an early Jewish historical work, the Seder olam zuta, by Sebastian Münster, one of the greatest Christian Hebraists of his time. Münster taught Hebrew language (and for a short time Bible) at Heidelberg and Basel Universities. Through his teaching and his textbooks, he helped to establish Hebrew and the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible as viable subjects of academic study.
Subject headings (LCSH): Heidelberg (Germany)--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800.; Jewish calendar; Jewish calendar--Early works to 1800.