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The Production and Transmission of Hebrew Miscellanies on Greek Geometry: A Case Study of MS Madrid, BNE 5474

Del Barco, Javier


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{"DOI":"10.25592/uhhfdm.549","abstract":"<p>Of all Hebrew miscellanies on Greek geometry, MS Madrid, BNE 5474 is the only one containing a set of works which includes Euclid&rsquo;s Elements, Data and Optics, besides On mirrors, often attributed to him, Theodosius of Bithynia&rsquo;s Spherics, Menelaus of Alexandria&rsquo;s Spherica and Autolycus of Pytane&rsquo;s On the Moving Sphere.&nbsp;Moreover, the manuscript also contains the anonymous treatise On Two Asymptotic Lines and a fragment of Abraham bar Hiyya&rsquo;s Foundations of Understanding and Tower of Faith.</p>","author":[{"family":"Del Barco, Javier"}],"container_title":"Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Newsletter","id":"549","issue":"January","issued":{"date-parts":[[2013,1,15]]},"page":"25-29","title":"The Production and Transmission of Hebrew Miscellanies on Greek Geometry: A Case Study of MS Madrid, BNE 5474","type":"article-journal","volume":"5"}

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