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Berakhyah Ben Natronai ha-Nakdan : Sefer ko'aḥ ha-avanim (On the virtue of the stones) ; Hebrew text and English translation ; with lexicological analysis of the romance terminology and source study /

The lore of the supposed magic and medical virtue of stones goes back to the Babylonians and peaks out in the lapidary literature of the Middle Ages. The famous work of Marbode of Rennes, which made lapidaries a very popular type of medieval scientific literature, was translated into numerous vernac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Berechiah ben Natronai, ha-Nakdan, active 12th century-13th century
Otros Autores: Bos, Gerrit, 1948-, Zwink, Julia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Hebrew
Publicado: Leiden : Brill, 2010.
Colección:Études sur le judaïsme médiéval ; v. 40.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Text and Translation; Supplement A: Comparative Table; Supplement B:The Ko'a? ha-Avanim in Its French Context: Romance and Latin Terms and Sources; Alphabetical Glossaries; Bibliography and Abbreviations; Subject Index of English and Foreign Terms; Plates.