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Avelar de Carvalho, Helena - Ribeiro, Luís Campos, "Manuscripts and evidences of Jewish astrology and medicine in fifteenth-century Portugal: an overview", dins: Afonso, Luís U. - Moita, Tiago (eds.), Sephardic Book Art of the Fifteenth Century, Turnhout, Brepols (Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History), 2019, pp. 145-156.

Resum

Jewish scientific culture and practice played a major role in fifteenth-century Portuguese society as it is evidenced by the available sources: manuscripts, chronicles and chancellery documents. This paper explores the first two types of sources, offering an overview of the contributions of the Portuguese Jewish community to knowledge and science. It will address in particular the field of astrology, a less explored aspect of fifteenth-century scientific knowledge, in particular the astrological practices related with medicine. It intends to pro- vide a brief but comprehensive outline of the chief academic studies on this topic, as well as the main historical evidence of its practice by the Jewish community.

Matèries

Astronomia i astrologia
Manuscrits
Historiografia
Jueus
Portuguès
Medicina