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 /

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 /

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Author / Creator:Berechiah ben Natronai, ha-Nakdan, active 12th century-13th century.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (x, 187 pages)
Language:English
Hebrew
Series:Études sur le Judaïsme médiéval, 0169-815X ; t. 40
Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval ; t. 40.
Subject:
Berechiah ben Natronai, -- ha-Nakdan, -- active 12th century-13th century. -- Sefer Ko'aḥ ha-avanim.
Berechiah ben Natronai, -- ha-Nakdan, -- active 12th century-13th century -- Sefer Ko'aḥ ha-avanim.
Gems -- Folklore.
Medicine, Medieval -- Folklore.
Magic.
Lapidaries (Medieval literature)
Minerals -- therapeutic use.
Medicine, Traditional -- history.
Folklore.
Magic.
Medicine in Literature.
History, Medieval.
Gems.
Lapidaries (Medieval literature)
Magic.
Medicine, Medieval.
Electronic books.
Folklore.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11246885
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:On the virtue of the stones
Other authors / contributors:Zwink, Julia.
Bos, Gerrit, 1948-
ISBN:9789004185975
9004185976
9789004183100
9004183108
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Text in English and Hebrew.
Print version record.
Summary: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 vernacular languages. The Jewish tradition, missing a particular lapidary literature of its own, absorbed non-Jewish works like that of Marbode. Several Anglo-Norman Marbode translations could be identified as the main source of the present edited Hebrew lapidary Koa? ha-Avanim, written by Berakhyah Ben N.
Other form:Print version: Berechiah ben Natronai, ha-Nakdan, 12th/13th cent. Sefer ko'aḥ ha-avanim. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9789004183100
Standard no.:9786613039101

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