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This remarkable collection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in Westerna dn Estern languages reflects the collector's fascination with science and technology. These hand-written volumes reveal the complexity and sophistication of pre-modern knowledge about the physical world in the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions. The interdependence of these traditions, and their mutual reliance on the legacy of antiquity, are a particular empnasis of this richly illustrated volume. Manuscripts, properly speaking, are not rare; they are unique. Each one provides a snapshot of one or more individuals—some celebrated, others unknown or anonymous—grappling with the intellectual problems of their time. The collection presented here is a direct and evocative testament to the range of human knowledge—mathematical, medical, astronomical, technological—as it evolved in the medieval and early modern era.
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This remarkable colleciton of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in Western and Eastern languages reflect the collector's fascination with science and technology.
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This remarkable collection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in Westerna dn Estern languages reflects the collector's fascination with science and technology. These hand-written volumes reveal the complexity and sophistication of pre-modern knowledge about the physical world in the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions. The interdependence of these traditions, and their mutual reliance on the legacy of antiquity, are a particular empnasis of this richly illustrated volume. Manuscripts, properly speaking, are not rare; they are unique. Each one provides a snapshot of one or more individuals—some celebrated, others unknown or anonymous—grappling with the intellectual problems of their time. The collection presented here is a direct and evocative testament to the range of human knowledge—mathematical, medical, astronomical, technological—as it evolved in the medieval and early modern era.
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This remarkable colleciton of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in Western and Eastern languages reflect the collector's fascination with science and technology.
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