Computus, astrolabes, Hebrew calendars and astronomical tables offer distinct kinds of evidence. Begin with the calculation the manuscript actually describes.
A table needs its conventions
Calendar and astronomical references can use different epochs, month systems, localities, units and copying practices. A manuscript date does not reveal all of those conventions. Record the heading, the numbered columns, any explanatory text and the calendar named in the source before converting a value.
Read the guide beside the chart
APIS 00001 catalogues astronomical tables at folios 2r–152 and notes a question-and-answer guide. That explanatory material is a concrete research target: identify its assumptions before importing numbers into a modern clock. Project 1602 identifies a short Computus radicalis unit at folios 150v–151r; it is a different kind of calculation lead.
Keep attribution and reconstruction visible
The Ladino astrolabe treatise has an attribution to al-Majrīṭī in its catalogue note. An attributed name is not independent proof of authorship. A usable historical reconstruction should cite the exact witness, explain the calendar conversion and retain uncertainty. Babylon’s symbolic clock can sit beside that historical work with its own stated method.
SIX NAMED MANUSCRIPT LEADS
Astronomy, calendars and historical time
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Six manuscript leads in each of six subjects. These are examples, not all HMML holdings or a ranked list. Source identifiers and access labels are retained. Translation coverage has not been reviewed at witness level. Babylon is independent of HMML and the repositories named here. The selection is reviewed on 5 November 2026; current conditions must be checked at the source.
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