The Coloquios, the third book ever published in India, consists of dialogues between De Orta and a friend named Ruano on the subject of drugs, herbs, and medical traditions native to the East. The book was a revelation to European readers unfamiliar with these ideas. Many editions were published in Latin, French, Spanish, and the original Portuguese.
]]>The Coloquios, the third book ever published in India, consists of dialogues between De Orta and a friend named Ruano on the subject of drugs, herbs, and medical traditions native to the East. The book was a revelation to European readers unfamiliar with these ideas. Many editions were published in Latin, French, Spanish, and the original Portuguese.
This copy has a particularly beautiful illuminated initial and is extensively rubricated.
This manuscript tract on the treatment of fever was written in Montpellier, France, in the middle of the thirteenth century. The manuscript is one of the oldest in the Countway Library and also the first item acquired for the Hyams Collection.
The text of De Urinis begins just under the circle and the words ‘S[an]ta maria’: “In the name of Christ begins the book of urine translated by Constantine the African into the Latin language from the Arabic …”
The Hevra Kaddisha performs an invaluable service to the Jewish community. It is charged with ensuring that the dead are treated respectfully and according to Jewish law. Members of the Hevra Kaddishawash and dress the newly deceased and stay with the body until burial. These tasks are considered especially praiseworthy because the favor cannot be returned.
This page lists the founding members of the society.
]]>The Hevra Kaddisha performs an invaluable service to the Jewish community. It is charged with ensuring that the dead are treated respectfully and according to Jewish law. Members of the Hevra Kaddishawash and dress the newly deceased and stay with the body until burial. These tasks are considered especially praiseworthy because the favor cannot be returned.
This page lists the founding members of the society.
Deuteronomy 6:5-8: "And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. Take to heart these instructions with which I charge you this day. Impress them upon your children. Recite them when you stay at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you get up. Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a frontlet between your eyes."
These verses serve as foundational texts for the tradition of tefillin -- two small boxes that are equipped with leather straps and placed on the arm and the head during morning prayer, except on the Sabbath and holidays.
]]>A thesis, delivered and defended publicly, on the laws surrounding the use of phylacteries, or tefillin.
Deuteronomy 6:5-8: "And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. Take to heart these instructions with which I charge you this day. Impress them upon your children. Recite them when you stay at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you get up. Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a frontlet between your eyes."
These verses serve as foundational texts for the tradition of tefillin -- two small boxes that are equipped with leather straps and placed on the arm and the head during morning prayer, except on the Sabbath and holidays.
From the Prince Dietrichstein Library.]]>
From the Prince Dietrichstein Library.
Today its namesake, the New York-based Soncino Press, continues the tradition of publishing Judaica.
]]>Today its namesake, the New York-based Soncino Press, continues the tradition of publishing Judaica.
From the Prince Dietrichstein Library.
]]>From the Prince Dietrichstein Library.