Ket. y. asṭronomiyah [manuscript].

כת"י אסטרונומיה [כתב יד].

Spine title.

Description of contents based on letter from Yosef Avivi and other information that was provided by the vendor, Yeshayahu Vinograd. This volume is a collection of astronomical tables and writings by Jewish scholars of Syria and Iraq from the 17th to the 19th century, which were copied in the 19th century and bound together.

Manuscript in Hebrew, with some Arabic.

Ketav yad asṭronomiyah

כתב יד אסטרונומיה

Ḥibur asṭronomi

כתב יד אסטרונומיה

1. [p.1-10] Table of the position of the sun, moon and zodiac over the 19-year cycle, mentions cycle 293, which began in 1789

2. [p.11-15] Excerpt from Kanfe Yonah by R. Yaakov ben Yonah Mizrahi, 17th cent.

3. [p.16b-17a] "If you want to know the precise moment of the appearance of the new moon according to...R. Menasheh Sithon," 1889

4. [p.17b-20b, 24b-26b,30a] Tables of lunar and other cycles, calculated from the cycle beginning 1883

5. [p.21] Commentary mentioning Sefer ha-tekhunah by R. Hayim Vital

6. [p. 22-24a] Tables of sunrise calculated from 1833-1968

7. [p.27-29] Tables of day times, with headings and times written in Arabic

8. [p.31-35] Calculation of solar and lunar eclipses, 1793

9. [p.36-19a] Table for determining the holidays and new moons

10. [p. 39b-44b] Miscellaneous tables and writings.

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