Language: Hebrew Grammatical writing. Author: Zarka, Joseph (זרקא, יוסף בן יהודה) Ba῾al ha-lashon. בעל הלשון Note: See Roth, ed Cecil. Jewish Art: An Illustrated History. [Edited by] Cecil Roth. Rev. [and enl.] ed. by Bezalel Narkiss.. Greenwich, Conn, New York Graphic Society 1971, 1971. p...
Language: Hebrew A daily prayer book for festivals and fasts according to the Romanian rite. Fols 1r-313v Maḥzor. מחזור Note: In several respects the rite resembles the French form of liturgy. Fols 2r-113v Services for Pesaḥ. Note: Services for the first day begin on folio 2r (the order ...
Sefer mitsṿot ḳaṭan by Isaac ben Joseph, of Corbeil, active 13th century ספר מצוות קטן
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Language: Hebrew Sefer mitsṿot ḳaṭan of Isaac of Corbeil, with glosses. Author: Isaac ben Joseph, of Corbeil, active 13th century (יצחק בן יוסף, מקורביל) Sefer mitsṿot ḳaṭan. ספר מצוות קטן Note: The introduction begins on folio 2r. The last commandment in the body of the work is numbered 28...
Language: Hebrew Medical work. Author: Avicenna, 980-1037 (אבן סינא, אלחסין בן עבדאללה, 980-1037) Ḳanon. קאנון Note: A copy of Books 3 and 5 of the Canon Medicinae by Ibn Sina, Abú 'Ali Al-Husain ibn 'Abd Allah (d. 1037), known in the West as Avicenna, in the Hebrew translation composed in ...
Lisbon Mishneh Torah', volume 1. Mishneh Torah by Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204 משנה תורה and 7 other texts
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Language: Hebrew Mishneh Torah, volume 1. Fols 1r-301v Author: Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204 (משה בן מימון, 1138-1204) Mishneh Torah. משנה תורה Decoration note: 1 title page surrounded by penwork decoration and a floriated full border in colours and gold. (Fol 2r) Decoration note: 8 embell...
Lisbon Mishneh Torah', vol. 2. Mishneh Torah by Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204 משנה תורה and 9 other texts
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Language: Hebrew Mishneh Torah, volume 2. Fols 1r-435v Author: Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204 (משה בן מימון, 1138-1204) Mishneh Torah. משנה תורה Note: Written by Shelomoh ben Alzuḳ for Yosef ben Daṿid ben Shelomoh ben Rabi Daṿid ben Gedalyah the elder (patron): inscription (folio 434v). Dec...
Language: Hebrew The first volume of the Bible with masorah magna and parva. Fols 1r-258v Tana"kh. תנ"ך Note: First of a Hebrew Bible consisting Pentateuch and Former Prophets. For the second volume, see The British Library, n.d.. Harley MS 5711 (see Margoliouth's Catalogue no. 54). Decora...