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Or 1084

Record Id:
032-003313963
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Or 1084
Title:
Collection of philosophical works
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
95 folios (+ 1 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and 2 at the end).
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_1084 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1300
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1300-1499
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Binyamin ben Yo᾿av
Camillo Jaghel
Ibn Latif, Isaac ben Abraham, 1219-1291
Ibn Latif, Isaac ben Abraham, 1219-1291
Martino, David de Rocca
Renato da Modena
דוד מרוקה מרטינא
TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 1084

Collection of philosophical works

Contents

Philosophical writings.

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 14th to 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 95 folios (+ 1 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and 2 at the end).

Collation

Irregular.

Condition

Tidemarks and stains at edges.

Infilled losses.

Rodent damage at foot of first gathering.

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Isaac Ibn Latif. Ginze Ham-Melekh. Etc. A.D. 1403. Brit. Mus. Oriental 1084.'

History

Origin: 14th-15th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Folio 1r: an owner's entry, dated 1605.

Two notes in Italian cursive script on the contents of the manuscript: folio 1r.

Camillo Jaghel: inscribed with his name, 1613 (folio 95v); see [Popper_1969] 50-56.

Renato da Modena: inscribed with his name, 1621 (folio 95v); see [Popper_1969] 132-133.

I

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-17v
Author: Martino, David de Rocca דוד מרוקה מרטינא
Title: Zekhut Adam
Title: זכות אדם

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 17 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 230 × 165 mm.
Dimensions (written): 150 × 95 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 1-17.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 29

Written lines: 29

Folio 1 is a title page.

Uniform layout.

Initials in square characters.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 14th to 15th century.

History

Origin: 14th-15th century ; Italy?

Provenance

II

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 18r-19r
Author: Latif, Isaac ben Abraham ibn, 1220-1290 לטיף, יצחק בן אברהם אבן
Title: Sha῾ar ha-shamayim
Title: שער השמים

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 2 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 235 × 165 mm.
Dimensions (written): 170 × 85 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 18 and 19.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 30

Written lines: 30

Uniform layout.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 14th to 15th century.

History

Origin: 14th-15th century ; Italy?

Provenance

III

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 20r-55v
Author: Latif, Isaac ben Abraham ibn, 1220-1290 לטיף, יצחק בן אברהם אבן
Title: Ginze ha-melekh
Title: גנזי המלך
Colophon: נשלם ספר גנזי המלך על ידי בנימן בכמר יואב ז"ל ביו' ימים לחודש אלול שנה קס"ג לאלף הששי. f. 55v

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: Folios 20-55
Dimensions (leaf): 235 × 165 mm.
Dimensions (written): 170 × 85 mm.
Foliation:

36 folios

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 30

Written lines: 30

Uniform layout.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 15th century. Binyamin ben Yo᾿av: inscribed in the colophon, folio 55v.

History

Origin: 1403 Italy

Provenance

IV

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 56r-56v
Author: Latif, Isaac ben Abraham ibn, 1220-1290 לטיף, יצחק בן אברהם אבן
Title: Sha῾ar ha-shamayim
Title: שער השמים

Physical Description

Form: leaf
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 1 folio
Dimensions (leaf): 235 × 165 mm.
Dimensions (written): 190 × 90 mm.
Foliation:

Folio 56

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 30

Written lines: 30

Uniform layout.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 15th century. The same hand as the previous part, thus of Binyamin ben Yo᾿av.

History

Origin: ; Italy

Provenance

V

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 58r-90v
Author: Latif, Isaac ben Abraham ibn, 1220-1290 לטיף, יצחק בן אברהם אבן
Title: Tsurat ha-῾olam
Title: צורת העולם

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 33 folios
Dimensions (written): 235 × 165 mm.
Dimensions (written): 165 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 58-90

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 24

Written lines: 24

Uniform layout.

Marginal notes.

Catchwords from folio to folio.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 15th century.

History

Origin: 15th century ; Italy

Provenance

VI

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 90r-95v
Author: Latif, Isaac ben Abraham ibn, 1220-1290 לטיף, יצחק בן אברהם אבן
Title: Tseror ha-mor
Title: צרור המור

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 6 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 235 × 165 mm.
Dimensions (written): 165 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

Folios 90-95

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 24

Written lines: 24

Uniform layout.

Catchwords from folio to folio.

Marginal notes.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 15th century.

History

Origin: 1403 Italy

Provenance

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=Or_1084 (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. 920.

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