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Add MS 26976
- Record Id:
- 032-003313868
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100031719787.0x000003
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 26976
- Title:
- Collection of halakhic and kabbalistic works
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003313868
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 172 folios
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_26976 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
- Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 1500-1599
- Era:
- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Add MS 26976
Collection of halakhic and kabbalistic works
Contents
A collection of halakhic and kabbalistic writings.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 2r-8vTitle: Perush ha-MishnahTitle: פרוש המשנהOn Mishnah Sanhedrin, 10.
ff. 9r-18vTitle: Igeret teḥiyat ha-metimTitle: אגרת תחית המתיםIn Shmuel ibn Tibbon's translation.
ff. 19r-20vTitle: Perush ha-milot ha-zarot shebe-Moreh nevukhimTitle: פרוש המלות הזרות שבמורה נבוכיםff. 21r-31rTitle: Kitab alrasaʼilTitle: כתאב אלרסאילff. 32r-151vTitle: Sefer ha-emunotTitle: ספר האמונותff. 152r-157rTitle: Sefer ha-shemTitle: ספר השםff. 157r-158vTitle: Meʼirat ʻenayimTitle: מאירת עיניםff. 159r-168rTitle: Ma῾azene ha-᾿iyunTitle: מאזני העיוןff. 169v-172rTitle: Kavod ElohimTitle: כבוד אלהיםPhysical Description
Paper codex of the 16th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport:Extent: 172 foliosDimensions (leaf): 200 × 145 mm.Dimensions (written): 160 × 100 mm.Foliation:172 folios (+ 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 4 at the end).
Collation
Quires of mostly 10 leaves each.
Condition
Slight damp entry at lower corner.
Paper occasionally foxed.
Lots of usage stains and finger grease.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 29
Written lines: 3291
Uniform layout.
Square initial words.
Catchwords on every verso.
Censor's erasures, e.g. between folios 9r-18v.
Marginal notes.
Hand(s)
Italian cursive script of the 16th century.
Binding
BM in-house.
Spine: 'Works of Maimonides. Etc. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 26976.'
History
Origin: 16th century ; ItalyProvenance and Acquisition
1848-05-13
Giuseppe Almanzi, (b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile his manuscript no. 87; his library including 322 medieval Hebrew manuscripts were purchased en bloc by the British Museum through Asher & Co. in October 1865 for £1,000: inscribed, folio [174v].
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and volume IV of Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977).Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_26976 (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. 151., vol. IV (supplement)Funding of Cataloguing
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