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Unknown author, "Codex 1881" from Rare Book and Manuscript Reading Room, Kislak Center, University of Pennsylvania. An acquisition of the University of Penn in April of 2018 dating back to 1481. It contains a transcription of two manuscripts dating back to the 12th and 13th centuries reflecting the dissemination of information from different areas of the world. A page in Hebrew hinted that it derived from a Jewish Community in Germany. It contains six fully functioning volvelles that demonstrate the rotation of planetary spheres.

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current19:14, 29 November 2018Thumbnail for version as of 19:14, 29 November 2018993 × 539 (106 KB)Lmileto (talk | contribs)Unknown author, "Codex 1881" from Rare Book and Manuscript Reading Room, Kislak Center, University of Pennsylvania. An acquisition of the University of Penn in April of 2018 dating back to 1481. It contains a transcription of two manuscripts dating bac...

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