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Collection of philosophical, legal, homiletical, and other works
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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281 folios
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Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1599
Date Range:
1400-1599
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Names:
Abravanel, Isaac, 1437-1508
Abravanel, Isaac, 1437-1508
Adret, Solomon ben Abraham, 1235-1310
Adret, Solomon ben Abraham, 1235-1310
Eli῾ezer
Gershom ben Judah, Talmudist, 950-1049
Gershom ben Judah, Talmudist, 950-1049
Giuseppe Almanzi
Jacob ben Asher, 1269-1340
Jacob ben Asher, 1269-1340
Judah ben Asher, 1270-1349
Judah ben Asher, 1270-1349
Malkiʾel, Ḥizkiyah ben Avraham, c 1400-1599
Malkiʾel, Ḥizkiyah ben Avraham, c 1400-1599
Moses ben Maimon, 1135-1204
Moses ben Maimon, 1135-1204
Rieti, Moses ben Isaac da, 1388-1460?,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/24669073,
Rieti, Moses ben Isaac da, 1388-1460?,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/24669073,
Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī, physician and translator, 809?-873,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/19690624
Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī, physician and translator, 809?-873,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/19690624
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Add MS 27129

Collection of philosophical, legal, homiletical, and other works

Contents

A collection of philosophical, legal, homiletical, and other works.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-281v
Title: Ḳovets
Title: קובץ

Physical Description

Fragments of codices of the 15th to 17th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 281 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 175-140 × 120-80 mm.
Foliation:

281 folios (+ 1 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and 3 at the end).

Collation

Irregular.

Condition

Slight damp entry at edges; edge damage with large losses infilled.

Tidemarks.

Usage stains.

Mould spotting.

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Joseph Kolon, Etc. Chiddushim 'Al Sepher Mitsvoth Gadol. Etc. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Add. Or. 27,129.'

History

Origin: 15th-16th century ; Unknown

Provenance and Acquisition

Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile; his manuscript no. 236: 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.

I

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 2v-21v
Title: Ḥidushim ῾al Sefer mitsṿot gadol
Title: חדושים על ספר מצוות גדול
Author: Colon, Joseph קולון, יוסף בן שלמה
ff. 22r-25v
Title: Hilkhot ṭeṭ be-av
Title: הלכות ט' באב

Disscusion on the 9th of Av, as contains in the Sefer mitsṿot gadol.

ff. 26r-45v
Title: Ḥidushim ῾al Sefer mitsṿot gadol
Title: חדושים על ספר מצוות גדול

Novellae by Matatyah Treves and Obadyah (Bertinoro?) on the laws of Rosh ha-Shanah, Yom Kipur, etc.

Physical Description

Fragment of a paper codex of approximately 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 45 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 208 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 155 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 2-45.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 27

Written lines: 27

Uniform layout.

Leaf catchwords.

Larger initial words.

Numerous marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 16th century.

f. 21 written by a different hand.

History

Origin: 16th century

II

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 46r-67v
Title: She᾿elot u-teshuvot
Title: שאלות ותשובות

311 responses, preceded by a detailed table of contents.

Imperfect at the beginning.

Author: Colon, Joseph קולון, יוסף בן שלמה
Colophon: תמו הסמני פסקי ש"ת מהררי"ק זצ"ל, היום יום ה' ח' אייר שנת עז"ר [=רע"ז] ע"י הצעיר באלפי אליעזר תהלה לאל גומר עלי הוא יזכני לחזות בא לציון גואל. עם כל בית ישראל. ודבר חוזיו לטוב יאמן. במהרה בימינו אמ'. f. 67v

Physical Description

Fragment of a paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 22 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 175 × 120 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 46-67.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 32

Written lines: 32

Uniform layout.

Enumeration of sections in the margin.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 16th century. Eli῾ezer: inscribed in the colophon, folio 67v.

History

Origin: 16th century

III

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 68r-87v
Title: Igerot
Title: אגרות

Nine letters on questions of Talmudic laws, by various authors.

Physical Description

Fragment of a paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 20 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 145 × 110 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 68-87.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 30 52

Written lines: 30 52

Uniform layout.

Marginal additions.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 16th century.

History

Origin: 16th century

IV

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 88v-92r
Title: Peraṭim shonim me-῾inyan emunat notsrim
Title: פרטים שונים מענין אמונת הנוצרים

A tract on certain doctrines and practices of the Christian Church.

Physical Description

Fragment of a paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 5 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 150 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 88-92.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 30 34

Written lines: 30 34

Uniform layout.

Larger initial words.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 16th century.

History

Origin: 16th century

V

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 93r-114v
Title: ῾Inyan ha-zugot
Title: ענין הזוגות
Author: Malkiel Hizkiyah ben Abraham מלכיאל חזקיה בן אברהם

The tract on the immortality of the soul, followed by a series of notes by the same author on various other subjects in connection with certain Talmudic passages.

Physical Description

Fragment of a paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 22 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 145 mm.
Dimensions (written): 150 × 95 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 93-114.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 40 42

Written lines: 40 42

Uniform layout.

Larger square intial words.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 16th century.

History

Origin: 16th century

VI

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 115r-116v
Author: Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-ʻIbādī חנין בן יסחאק
Title: Musare ha-filosofim
Title: מוסרי הפילוסופים

In the Hebrew translation of Yehudah Harizi, from Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq's Arabic version from the Greek.

ff. 117r-118v
Title: Igeret le-rabi Yehonatan ha-Kohen mi-Lunel
Title: אגרת לר' יהונתן הכהן מלוניל
Author: Maimonides, Moses משה בן מימון
ff. 119r-121r
Title: Igeret li-bene Proventsi᾿a
Title: אגרת לבני פרובינציא
Author: Adret, Solomon ben Abraham אדרת, שלמה בן אברהם אבן

The letter on philosophical study to the congregations of Provence.

Physical Description

Fragment of a paper codex.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 7 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 150 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 115-121.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 26 27

Written lines: 26 27

Uniform layout.

Larger initial words.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 16th century.

History

Origin: 16th century

VII

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 123r-126r
Author: Gershom ben Judah (ascribed to him)Meʼor ha-Golah גרשם בן יהודה (מיוחס לו)מאור הגולה
Title: Taḳanot rabenu Gershom
Title: תקנות רבינו גרשם
Filiation: Cf. Add MS 11639, no. 25.

Followed by some ordinances regarding ḥerem.

ff. 126v-127r
Title: Tsits ha-maṭah
Title: צץ המטה
ff. 127v-128r
Title: Taḳanah
Title: תקנה

Physical Description

Fragment of a paper codex of the 15th to 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 6 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 155 × 85 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 123-128.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 22 24

Written lines: 22 24

Uniform layout.

Marginal notes.

Larger initial words.

Ink ruling (frames only).

Hand(s)

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

History

Origin: 16th century

VIII

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 128v-129v
Title: Sodot shonim li-verakhot ṿeha-ḳadish
Title: סודות שונים לברכות והקדיש

Mystical explanations of certain liturgical portions.

Physical Description

Fragments of a paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 2 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 155 × 85 mm.
Foliation:

Folio 128-129.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 33

Written lines: 33

Uniform layout.

Marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 15th century.

History

Origin: 15th century

IX

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 130v-131v
Title: Baraita᾿ de-masekhet nidah
Title: ברייתא דמסכת נדה

Two pieces on the matters of marriage.

ff. 131v-136v
Title: Piske nidah
Title: פסקי נידה

A piece on marriage.

Physical Description

Fragment of a paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 7 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 155 × 85 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 130-136.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 33

Written lines: 33

Uniform layout.

Larger square initial words.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 16th century.

History

Origin: 16th century

X

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 139r-141r
Author: Maimonides, Moses משה בן מימון
Title: Igeret el ḥakhme Montpelier
Title: אגרת אל חכמי מונפיליר

The letter of Moses Maimonides' to the learned of Montpellier, sometimes described as a letter to the learned of Marseille.

ff. 141r-148r
Author: Maimonides, Moses משה בן מימון
Title: Igeret Teman
Title: אגרת תימן

The epistle of Maimonides, known also as Igeret tiḳṿah.

Physical Description

Fragment of a paper codex of the 15th to 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 10 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 150 × 90 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 139-148.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 36

Written lines: 36

Uniform layout.

Larger bold initial words.

Hand(s)

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

History

Origin: 15th-16th century

XI

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 149r-163v
Title: Perush Shir ha-shirim
Title: פרוש כתובים שיר השירים

Physical Description

Fragment of a paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 15 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 155 × 85 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 149-163.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 26

Written lines: 26

Uniform layout.

Leaf catchwords on every verso (mostly trimmed away).

Large initial words.

Marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 16th century.

History

Origin: 16th century

XII

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 164r-176r
Title: Tsava᾿ah
Title: צוואה
Author: Judah ben Asher יהודה בן אשר
ff. 176r-177v
Title: Tokhaḥah
Title: תוכחה
Author: Jacob ben Asher יעקב בן אשר

Physical Description

Fragment of a paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 14 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 155 × 90 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 164-177.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 22 23

Written lines: 22 23

Uniform layout.

Larger square intial words.

Hand(s)

Oriental semi-cursive script of the 16th century.

History

Origin: 16th century

XIII

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 179r-187r
Title: Miḳdash me῾aṭ
Title: מקדש מעט
Author: Rieti, Moses ben Isaac da ריאטי, משה בן יצחק

Parts of the second part only.

Physical Description

Fragment of a paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 9 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 155 × 50 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 179-187.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 21

Written lines: 21

Uniform layout.

Leaf catchwords on every verso.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive of the 16th century.

History

Origin: 16th century

XIV

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 187v-191r
Author: Abravanel, Isaac אברבנאל, יצחק בן יהודה
Title: Igerot el Yeḥiel mi-Pisa
Title: אגרות אל יחיאל מפיסא
ff. 192r-199r
Title: Ḳinot u-derashot ῾al peṭirat Yeḥiel mi-Pisa
Title: קינות ודרשות על פטירת יחיאל מפיסא

The name Abba Mari (of the author?) marked off on folio 197v, and the names Shemu᾿el and Yitsḥaḳ are marked off folio 198r. Derashot begin on folio 199v and 207r respectively.

Physical Description

Fragments of a paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 28 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 145 × 90 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 187-214.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 21 22

Written lines: 21 22

Uniform layout.

Larger initial words.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 16th century.

History

Origin: 16th century

XV

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 215r-250v
Author: Rieti, Moses ben Isaac da ריאטי, משה בן יצחק
Title: Miḳdash me῾aṭ
Title: מקדש מעט

Defective at the end.

Physical Description

Fragment of a paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 45 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 155 × 50 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 215-250.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 30 36

Written lines: 30 36

Uniform layout.

Larger initial words.

Marginal additions.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 16th century.

History

Origin: 16th century

XVI

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 252r-259v
Title: Divre ha-yamim shel Mosheh
Title: דברי הימים של משה

Imperfect at the beginning.

ff. 260r-264r
Title: Eldad ha-Dani
Title: אלדד הדני

Followed by the inquiry concerning the stories of Eldad ha-Dani addressed by the community of Kairuan to Rav Tsemah Gaon, folio 262v.

ff. 264v-281v
Title: Alfa beta de-Ben Sira
Title: אלפא ביתא דבן סירא

Imperfect at the end.

Physical Description

Fragments of a paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: cardboard
Support:
Extent: 32 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 145 × 90 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 250-281.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 27

Written lines: 27

Uniform layout.

Leaf catchwords on every verso.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 15th century.

History

Origin: 15th century

Additional Information

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_27129 (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. 1081.

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