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Add MS 9005

Record Id:
032-003312223
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Add MS 9005
Title:
Be-kavod by Theodosius (Hebrew translation)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
48 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_9005 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1400-1499
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Theodosius, 01st century,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/25377100
Theodosius, 01st century,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/25377100
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Add MS 9005

Be-kavod by Theodosius (Hebrew translation)

Contents

Astronomical work.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-48v
Author: Theodosius, active 1st century B.C.E. תאודוסיוס
Title: Be-kavod
Title: בכדור

A Hebrew translation made from an Arabic recension of a Greek work on the Spheres. The Hebrew translation was made by Mosheh ibn Tibbon. The work consists of three books. Incomplete at the end.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 48 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 190 × 125 mm.
Dimensions (written): 140 × 90 mm.
Foliation:

48 folios (+ 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).

Collation

4 quires of mostly 12 leaves each, with ornamented catchwords at the end (partly preserved).

Condition

Extremely damp, tidemarks often extend well into text areas.

Tears and losses of the edges.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 25

Written lines: 25

Uniform layout.

Many marginal notes and additions throughout.

Catchwords from folio to folio.

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 15th century.

Binding

Pre-1600. Red velvet, embroidered, with couched cords. Boxed.

Spine: 'Costha Ben Luca. Tractatus Tres Geometrici. Mus. Brit. Jure Emptionis. 9005. Plut. CCXLII. B.'

History

Origin: 15th century ; Spain

Provenance and Acquisition

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.

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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_9005 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), no. 1003.

Funding of Cataloguing

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