Stone carving
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = CW
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
De sculpturis lapidum by Tehel, 15th century
part
Identifier: MS 121/ff. 99r-102r
Contents
A treatise on the properties of inscribed stones, as indicated by the title 'On the carving of stones'. It is preceded by a short prologue where it is presented as the translated work of a Jewish philosopher called Tehel in this manuscript, but whose name's spelling could be Thetel or Zael. The content is similar to that of the previous text.Prologue: on f. 99r. It begins with the words Libellus cujusdam philosophi Judeorum Tehel...
Dates:
15th century