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Add MS 27131

Record Id:
032-003313912
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032-003313912
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Add MS 27131
Title:
Collection of biblical and legal commentaries, and letters
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
151 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_27131 (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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Material Type:
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Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Al-Tabrizi, Abu Bakr ben Muhamad
Aḃraham ben Moses ben Maimon, 1186-1237,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000010939709X,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/120695024
Aḃraham ben Moses ben Maimon, 1186-1237,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000010939709X,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/120695024
Fluiters Casado, Rafael,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/21907299
Fluiters Casado, Rafael,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/21907299
Galen, 0130?-0200?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121302401,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/44299175
Galen, 0130?-0200?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121302401,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/44299175
Giuseppe Almanzi
Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000118044667,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/90633023
Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000118044667,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/90633023
Immanuel ben Solomon, 1265?-1330?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000116297767,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/42726510,
Immanuel ben Solomon, 1265?-1330?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000116297767,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/42726510,
Jacob, of Modena
Moses ben Maimon, 1135-1204
Moses ben Maimon, 1135-1204
Samuel ben Solomon
Shemariah ben Elijah Ikriti
אלתבריזי אבו בכר בן מחמד
יעקב ממודינה
שמואל בן שלמה
שמריה בן אליה האיקריטי
TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Add MS 27131

Collection of biblical and legal commentaries, and letters

Contents

A collection of biblical and legal commentaries, and letters.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-19r
Title: Yesod mora ṿe-sod Torah
Title: יסוד מורא וסוד תורה
Author: Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr עזרא, אברהם בן מאיר אבן
ff. 19v-24v
Title: Sefer ha-shem
Title: ספר השם
Author: Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr עזרא, אברהם בן מאיר אבן
ff. 25r-55r
Title: Perush ῾esrim ṿe-ḥamishah haḳdamot shebe-Moreh nevukhim
Title: פרוש עשרים וחמשה הקדמות שבמורה נבוכים
Author: Al-Tabrizi, Abu Bakr ben Muhamad אלתבריזי אבו בכר בן מחמד
ff. 55r-56v
Title: Igeret ᾿el Shemu᾿el ibn Tibon
Title: אגרת אל שמואל אבן תבון
Author: Maimonides, Moses משה בן מימון
ff. 56v-59v
Title: Igeret ᾿el ha-yehudim be-Roma
Title: אגרת אל היהודים ברומא
Author: Shemariah ben Elijah Ikriti שמריה בן אליה האיקריטי
ff. 60r-60v
Title: Derashah ῾al ḥalom Ya῾aḳov
Title: דרשה על חלום יעקב
ff. 60v-61r
Title: Ketav ḥerem
Title: כתב חרם
Author: Samuel ben Solomon שמואל בן שלמה

A letter of French rabbis against the works of Moses Maimonides.

ff. 61r-68v
Title: Igeret ha-ḥemdah
Title: אגרת החמדה
Author: Naḥmanides משה בן נחמן
ff. 68v-69r
Title: Derushim
Title: דרושים
ff. 69r-72v
Title: Tefilah
Title: תפלה
Author: Naḥmanides משה בן נחמן
ff. 72v-74v
Author: Immanuel ben Solomon ? עמנואל [בן שלמה מרומא?]
Title: Perush ῾al perush ha-Torah
Title: פרוש על פרוש התורה
ff. 76r-84v
Title: Sefer ha-nefesh
Title: ספר הנפש
Author: Galén גלנוס
ff. 85r-90r
Title: Igeret ᾿el ḥokhme Monpeshler
Title: אגרת אל חכמי מונפישליר
Author: Maimonides, Moses משה בן מימון
ff. 90r-94v
Title: Milḥamot ha-Shem
Title: מלחמות השם
Author: Aḃraham ben Moses ben Maimon אברהם בן משה בן מימון
ff. 95r-151v
Title: Igron ῾ivri
Title: אגרון עברי
Author: Jacob, of Modena יעקב ממודינה

A collections of superscriptions of letters, made by Jacob of Modena in 5327 (1547), and his correspondence with Yoḥanan Treves, Mordekhai Elḥanan of Rieti, and others.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 151 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 190 × 135 mm.
Dimensions (written): 135/140 × 90/100 mm.
Foliation:

151 folios (+ 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 3 at the end).

Collation

Quires of mostly 8 leaves each.

Condition

Foxing at edges.

Usage stains.

A few losses infilled.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 25 27

Written lines: 25 27

Non-uniform layout.

Hard-point ruling, partly visible.

Titles and inital words in larger characters.

Marginal notes throughout.

Some catchwords preserved.

Red edges.

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive and Italian cursive script of the 16th century.

ff. 1r-84v
and
ff. 85r-94v
written in two contemporary Sefardi hands;
ff. 95r-151v
written in an Italian hand.

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 27,131.'

History

Origin: 16th century ; Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile; his manuscript no. 238: 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_27131 (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. 152.vol. IV (supplement)

Funding of Cataloguing

BL