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Add MS 26917
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- Rashi's commentary on the Pentateuch with parts from the Sefer Tiḳun midot ha-nefesh by Shelomoh Ibn Gabirol
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Add MS 26917
Rashi's commentary on the Pentateuch with parts from the Sefer Tiḳun midot ha-nefesh by Shelomoh Ibn Gabirol
Contents
Rashi's commentary on the Pentateuch and parts of Sefer Tiḳun midot ha-nefesh by Shelomoh Ibn Gabirol.
Language(s): Hebrew
Physical Description
Composite vellum codex of 13th-14th century.Form: codexMaterial: parchmentSupport:Foliation:242 folios (3 paper flyleaves at the beginning and 4 at the end).
Binding
BM in-house.
Spine: 'Solomon Yitschaki. Commentary on the Pentateuch. A.D. 1273. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 26917.'
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile; his library including 322 medieval Hebrew manuscripts were purchased en bloc by the British Museum in October 1865 for £1,000 through Asher & Co., Berlin dealer to the British Museum (see [Paisey_1997] 131-153): inscribed, back flyleaf (ii)v.
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Contents
Rashi's commentary on the Pentateuch
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-237rTitle: Perush TorahTitle: פרוש תורהColophon: ותכל כל מלאכת הקודש ב[?ש?ל] לחודש בחדש הרביעי בשנת חמשת אלפים ול"ג שנה לבריאת עולם על ידי יוסף ביר' דוד נ"ע לר' בנימן ביר' יצחק השם ישמריהו ויחייהו הוא וזרעו וזרע זרעו עד סוף כל הדורות. אמן. f. 237rf. 1r Pen-and-ink decorated initial-word panel.
ff. 1r-56rTitle: Genesisff. 56r-119vTitle: Exodusff. 119v-156rTitle: Leviticusff. 156r-199rTitle: Numbersff. 199r-237rTitle: DeuteronomyPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: parchmentSupport:237Dimensions (leaf): 250 × 192 mm.Dimensions (written): 160 × 121 mm.Foliation:237 folios
Collation
Folios 16 to 235 form 22 complete quires of 10 leaves each, signed with hebrew letters on the last page and also marked by catchwords.
Folios 7 to 15 are the remaining leaves of the second quire.
Folios 1 to 6 have been added later (probably in 16th century) to supply the deficiency at the beginnig.
Folding of folios 236 to 242 is uncertain.
Condition
Several lacunas.
Layout
Columns:1 2
Ruled lines: 29 37
Written lines: 28 36
Each of the books ends with several rhymed lines.
Hand(s)
Italian semi-cursive script of 13th century. 6 folios added by a later hand. Yosef ben David and Benyamin ben Yitsḥaḳ: inscribed in the colophon, 237r.
ff. 1r-6rdue to a later Italian hand.Additions:Folios 237v-239r contain doodles in various handwritings.
History
Origin: 1273 ItalyProvenance
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Contents
A fragment of Sefer Tiḳun midot ha-nefesh.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 239v-242vTitle: Sefer Tiḳun midot ha-nefeshTitle: ספר תקון מדות הנפשAn ethical treatise of Shelomoh Ibn Gabirol, translated from Arabic into Hebrew by Yehudah Ibn Tibon.
Incipit: ספר תיקון מדות הנפש על דעת החכמים הקדמונים ז"ל אשר חיבר החכם הפילוסוף המובהק ר' שלמה בר' יהודה הידוע בן גיברול הספרדי במדינת סרקסטה בניסן שנת ת'ת'ה'. f. 239vPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: parchmentSupport:Extent: 4 foliosDimensions (leaf): 245 × 190 mm.Dimensions (written): 160 × 123 mm.Foliation:Folios 239 to 242.
Collation
Only four pages are extant.
Condition
Badly mutilated.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 28
Written lines: 28
The last line of text is written under the last ruled line.
Visible ruling with hard-point.
Hand(s)
Italian semi-cursive script of 14th century.
Additions:History
Origin: 14th centuryProvenance
Dominico Irosolimitano (fl. 1575 - 1624): inscribed with his name (239v); see [Popper_1969] 62-74.
Additional Information
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_26917 (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. 168.Bibliography
[Paisey_1997] Paisey, D. “Adolphus Asher (1800-1853): Berlin bookseller, Anglophile, and friend to Panizzi.” British Library Journal 23 (1997).[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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