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Sefer ko'aḥ ha-avanim = On the virtue of the stones : Hebrew text and English translation : with a 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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Berechiah ben Natronai, ha-Nakdan, active 12th century-13th century
Other Authors: Zwink, Julia, Bos, Gerrit, 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Hebrew
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Series:Études sur le judaïsme médiéval ; t. 40.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The author
  • Literary activity
  • Sefer Koʼaḥ ha-avanim (On the virtue of the stones)
  • The source(s) of Sefer Koʼaḥ ha-avanim (On the virtue of the stones)
  • The critical edition of Sefer Koʼah ha-avanim
  • Abbreviations and symbols
  • Text and translation
  • Comparative table
  • The Koach ha-avanim in its French context: Romance and Latin terms and sources
  • The language
  • Lexical and graphical problems
  • Lexical aspects
  • Graphical aspects
  • conventions of transliteration
  • The sources
  • Lexical commentary on the Romance and latin terms
  • Berakhyah's sources
  • Tables of the sources
  • Anglo-Norman source texts
  • Latin source texts
  • Hebrew-French/Latin/Greek glossary
  • French/Latin-Hebrew glossary
  • Greek-Hebrew glossary.