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032-003313840
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Add MS 21140
Title:
Collection of philosophical works
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
35 folios
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Languages:
Hebrew
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1400-1499
Era:
CE
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Names:
Baṭalyawsī, ‘Abd Allāh ibn Muḥammad, 1052-1127
Baṭalyawsī, ‘Abd Allāh ibn Muḥammad, 1052-1127
Ghazzālī, 1058-1111
Giovanni Domenico Carretto
Hirsch Edelman
Ḥananiyah ben Menaḥem Ḳazes
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Add MS 21140

Collection of philosophical works

Contents

Philosophical writings.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-20v
Title: Ma᾿azene ha-῾iyunim
Title: מאזני העיונים
Author: Ghazzālī אלע'זאלי, מחמד בן מחמד

In the translation of Jacob ben Machir ibn Tibbon. The attribution of this work to Ghazzālī has been rejected by scholars, see [Daat] 34 (1995), pp. 83-86.

ff. 21r-35v
Title: Sefer ha-῾agulot ha-ra῾eyonot
Title: ספר העגולות הרעיונות
Author: Baṭalyawsī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad בטליוסי, אבו מחמד עבדאללה בן מחמד
Colophon: תם הספר הזה והוא ספר העגולות מיוחס לבטלמיוס ויש שיחסהו לאבודנצר אני חנניה מזל טוב בן כמוהרר מנחם קזיס נר"ו. f. 35v

In the translation of Moses ibn Tibbon.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 35 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 230 × 160 mm.
Dimensions (written): 145 × 105 mm.
Foliation:

35 folios (+ 4 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 7 at the end).

Collation

Quires of 12 leaves each.

Condition

Tidemark at top corner.

Paper foxing, especially at corners and edges.

A few usage stains.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 29

Written lines: 29

Uniform layout.

Hard-point ruling.

Titles and inital words in larger characters.

Catchwords on every verso.

Marginal notes throughout.

A diagram, folio 26r.

Folio 1 is a title page.

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 15th century. Ḥananiyah ben Menaḥem Ḳazes: inscribed with his name in the colophon, folio 35v.

Additions:

Binding

BM in-house. Marbled paper cover with brown leather edges and spine.

Spine: 'Tractat. Moral Et Philosoph. Hebr. Mus Brit. Jure Emptionis. 21,140.'

History

Origin: 15th century ; Spain

Provenance and Acquisition

Giovanni Domenico Carretto, Italian censor (active 1600-1624): inscribed with his name, 1628 (folio 35v); see [Popper_1969] 100-101, and appendix § 80-84. The letters shin nun resh (square, in the same ink as the last Hebrew entry) are below censor's signature.

1855-08-23

Hirsch Edelman: purchased from him by the British Museum on 23 August 1855; inscribed, back flyleaf (iii)v.

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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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. 893.

Bibliography

    [Popper_1969] William POPPER. 'The Censorship of Hebrew Books ... Introduction by Moshe Carmilly-Weinberger.'New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969.

Funding of Cataloguing

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