Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??


Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...

Add MS 27101

Record Id:
032-003313900
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003313900
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100031719904.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 27101
Title:
Shesh kenafim by Immanuel ben Ya῾aḳov Bonfils
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Hierarchy Tree:
[{ "id" : "032-003313900", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 27101: Shesh kenafim by Immanuel ben Ya῾aḳov Bonfils" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003313900
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-003313900
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
30 folios
Digitised Content:
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_27101 (digital images currently unavailable)
Thumbnail:
Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1400-1499
Era:
CE
Access:

Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.

Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.

Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.

If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.

This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.

User Conditions:
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Bonfils, Immanuel ben Jacob, of Tarascon, fl 14th century
Domenico Irosolomitano
Giovanni Domenico Carretto
Giuseppe Almanzi
Yisra᾿el Immanuel Finzi
TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Add MS 27101

Shesh kenafim by Immanuel ben Ya῾aḳov Bonfils

Contents

Astronomical work.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-30v
Author: Bonfils, Immanuel ben Jacob, active 14th century עמנואל בן יעקב
Title: Shesh kenafim
Title: שש כנפים

With an introduction at the beginning and an additional piece at the end.

Folio 30v is occupied with a piece from the book of Esther (in square script).

Physical Description

Parchment codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 30 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 222 × 160 mm.
Dimensions (written): 130 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

30 folios (+ 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 4 at the end).

Collation

Quires of mostly 8 leaves each.

Condition

Dirt entry at head.

Usage stains.

Slight worming.

Layout

Columns:2

Ruled lines: 30

Written lines: 30

Uniform layout.

Pricking and ink ruling visible.

Hair side and flesh side of folios distinguishable.

Initials in larger square characters, partly in red ink.

Folios 5 to 30 occupied with tables of varying length.

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive of the 15th century.

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Kanphe Nesharim. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 27,101.'

History

Origin: 15th century ; Spain

Provenance and Acquisition

Censored by Giovanni Domenico Carretto, Italian censor (active 1600-1624): inscribed with his name, 1622 (folio 29v); see [Popper_1969] 100-101, and appendix § 80-84.

Censored by Domenico Irosolomitano, Italian censor (active 1575-1624): inscribed with his name, 1597 (folio 29v); see [Popper_1969] 61, and appendix § 62-74.

Yisra᾿el Immanuel Finzi: inscribed, folio 5r.

Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile; his manuscript no. 207: 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 (ii)v.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.

Availability

WARNING: Under current circumstances, not all items are available for consultation and orders can only be placed within Reading Rooms. Please contact Reading Room staff at the British Library for information on availability and for help with placing orders.

Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_27101 (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. 1010.

Bibliography

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

Funding of Cataloguing

BL