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Bos, Gerrit, Hajek, Sandra, Kogman-Appel, Katrin and Mensching, Guido (2019). A Glossary of Latin and halo-Romance Medico-Botanical Terms in Hebrew Characters on an Illustrated Manuscript Page (Ms. Oxford, Bodleian Opp. 688, fol. 117b). Aleph-Hist. Stud. Sci. Jud., 19 (2). S. 169 - 200. BLOOMINGTON: INDIANA UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1565-5423

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Abstract

This article studies fol. 117b of Ms. Oxford, Bodleian Opp. 688, cat. Neubauer 2123, which combines a small bilingual medico-botanical glossary (Latin/Italo-Romance in Hebrew characters) with a drawing representing a hunting scene. Although there is possibly no relationship between the drawing and the glossary, both elements provide interesting insights into Jewish life and culture in fifteenth-century Italy. We analyze the drawing, identifying it as an allegory of the persecution of the Jews, as well as the glossary. The latter is studied both in its relationship to Rogerio Frugardi's Chirurgia (a Hebrew translation of which is featured in the same codex) and in terms of the medico-botanical vocabulary itself. The nature of the Italo-Romance words eventually suggests that the writer came from an area in or near Latium or Abruzzo.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Bos, Gerrit UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hajek, Sandra UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kogman-Appel, Katrin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Mensching, Guido UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-159893
Journal or Publication Title:	Aleph-Hist. Stud. Sci. Jud.
Volume:	19
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 169 - 200
Date:	2019
Publisher:	INDIANA UNIV PRESS
Place of Publication:	BLOOMINGTON
ISSN:	1565-5423
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language History & Philosophy Of Science; Religion Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/15989