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Add MS 26921
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- Add MS 26921
- Title:
- Collection of Astronomical works
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 65 folios
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_26921 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 1400-1499
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- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Add MS 26921
Collection of Astronomical works
Contents
Astronomical works.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-11vTitle: ῾Iyun shivah kokhave lekhetTitle: עיון שבעה כוכבי לכתA Hebrew translation by Yehudah (Astruc) ben Shemu᾿el Shalom of 'Theorica Planetarium' of Gherardo da Cremona. The name of the scribe, Shabtai ben Mordekhai of Sulmona, is mentioned in the heading, below a diagram showing the signs of the zodiac.
ff. 12r-45rTitle: Luḥot astronomiyimTitle: לוחות אסטרונומייםThe astronomical tables (folios 20v-45r) follow a short exposition, which begins on folio 14r.
See further Goldstein, B.R., The Astronomical Tables of Levi ben Gerson (New Haven 1974), p. 77.
ff. 45v-59rTitle: Oraḥ selulahTitle: ארח סלולהThe astronomical tables occupy folios 48v-59r. There are many comments and notes in the margin.
Filiation: Cf. Or 2806.ff. 59v-65vTitle: Luḥot ha-po῾elTitle: לוחות הפועלThe astronomical tables, with a preceding exposition. Folio 65r and 65v are all that is preserved in the manuscript of the tables themselves.
Physical Description
Parchment codex of the 15th century.Form: codexMaterial: parchmentSupport:Extent: 65 foliosDimensions (leaf): 215 × 145 mm.Dimensions (written): 135 × 85 mm.Foliation:65 folios (+ 3 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and at the end). Folio 1 is a paper flyleaf.
Collation
Quires of mostly 8 leaves each.
Condition
Imperfect at the end.
First few and last leaves damaged by damp and mould, with some losses and brittle edges. The damage was repaired, probably before rebinding.
Damp entry at corners and edges with tidemarks.
Slight dirt entry at head.
A few usage stains.
Binding rubbed at joints. Raised bands.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 30 43
Written lines: 30 43
Uniform layout.
Pricking and hard-point ruling is visible.
Flesh side and hair side of folios is distinguishable.
Some marginal notes.
Hand(s)
Italian cursive of the 15th century. Shabtai ben Mordekhai of Sulmona: inscribed in the heading, folio 2v, and marked off at the beginning of lines on folios 8v and 12v.
Additions:Folio 2r: an entry describing the contents of the manuscript.
Folio 1r: Almanzi's entry giving the contents of both Add MS 26921 and 26922.
Binding
BM in-house.
Spine: 'Jehudah ben Samuel Shalom. Iyyun Kochebe Lecheth. Etc. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 26,921.'
History
Origin: 15th century ; ItalyProvenance and Acquisition
Folio 2r: partly legible entry regarding the transfer of the manuscript by the scribe and the first owner, Shabtai ben Mordekhai, to a person whose name is no longer legible. The date of the translation fell in 1459.
Matatyah ben Shelomoh Yedidyah: inscribed, folio 2r.
Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile; his manuscript no. 30a: 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 bookseller and dealer to the British Museum: inscribed, back flyleaf (i)v.
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_26921 (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. 1007.Funding of Cataloguing
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