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Add MS 27087

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032-003313893
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Add MS 27087
Title:
Collection of philosophical works
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
156 folios
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1599
Date Range:
1400-1599
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Avraham Avigdor ben Meshulam
Giuseppe Almanzi
John XXI, Pope, d 1277
Judah ben Jehiel, fl 15th century,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/89803764
Judah ben Jehiel, fl 15th century,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/89803764
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Add MS 27087

Collection of philosophical works

Contents

A collection of philosophical writings.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-139v
Title: Mikhlal yofi
Title: מכלל יופי

There is a table of contents between folios 1r-3v, and includes the division of work into sections and chapters.

Latin explanations of terms are added in the margin in the earlier portions of the work.

Author: Judah ben Jehiel, active 15th century יהודה בן יחיאל, מסר לאון
ff. 140r-156v
Title: Higayon
Title: הגיון
Author: Petrus Hispanus, active 13th century, John XXI, Pope פטרוס היספנוס

In the Hebrew translation of Avraham Avigdor ben Meshulam.

Incomplete at the end.

Filiation: Cf. London, BL, Add MS 18227.

Physical Description

Parchment codex of the 15th to 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 156 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 203 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 130 × 85 mm.
Foliation:

156 folios (+ 1 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and at the end).

Collation

9 quires of mostly 20 leaves each.

Condition

Damp at head. Stained towards the gutter.

Old losses infilled.

Tears and rodent damage.

Incomplete at the end.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 27

Written lines: 27

Uniform layout.

Titles and inital words in larger characters.

Marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive scripts of the 15th to 16th century.

ff. 1r-139v
and
ff. 140r-156v
: written in two different, but contemporary hands.

Binding

Post-1600. Hardcover with ivory leather spine and corners.

Spine: 'Jehudah Messer Leon. Michlal Yophi, Etc. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 27,087.'

History

Origin: 15th-16th century ; Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile; his manuscript no. 193: 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: 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.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_27087 (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. 884.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL