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Or 3656

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032-003314049
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Or 3656
Title:
Collection of writings of Joseph ha-Kohen
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
207 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_3656 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1577
End Date:
1577
Date Range:
1577
Calendar:
Hebrew
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Joseph Schlesinger
Joseph ha-Kohen
Joseph, ha-Kohen, 1496-1578,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120295502,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/82204047
Joseph, ha-Kohen, 1496-1578,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120295502,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/82204047
TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 3656

Collection of writings of Joseph ha-Kohen

Contents

A collection of writings of Joseph ha-Kohen.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-188v
Title: Divre ha-yamim le-malkhe Tsarfat ṿe-malkhe bet Oṭoman
Title: דברי הימים למלכי צרפת ומלכי בית אוטומאן

In three parts (cf. editio princeps, Sabionetta 1554). See further [David_1980] 383.

Author: יוסף בן יהושע הכהן Joseph, ha-Kohen, 1496-1578
ff. 189r-191v
Title: Shirim
Title: שירים
Author: יוסף בן יהושע הכהן Joseph, ha-Kohen, 1496-1578
Incipit: שירים שחברתי אני יוסף הכהן בבחרותי בשנת ער"ז. f. 189r
ff. 192r-194v
Title: Mikhtav ha-limud
Title: מכתב למוד

Forms of addressong divers persons in letters.

Colophon: תם ונשלם היום יום ב' כ"ב מרחשון של"ז על ידי אני יוסף הכהן. f. 194v
ff. 195r-207v
Title: Peles ha-shemot
Title: פלס השמות

Alphabetical lists of Hebrew nouns, accompanied by biblical verses showing thier gender.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 16th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 207 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 215 × 155 mm.
Dimensions (written): 175 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

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

Collation

Quires of mostly 8 leaves each, in greater part provided with signatures at the beginning.

Condition

Slight damp entry at edges.

Ink burning through in some gatherings (infilled and repaired).

Usage stains.

Slight worming.

Foxing and mould spotting.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 38 51

Written lines: 38 51

Uniform layout.

Pencil vertical ruling occasionally visible.

Catchwords on every verso.

Running titles.

Marginal notes and additions throughout.

Maniculae, e.g., 61r, 78r, 152r.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 16th century. Joseph ha-Kohen: an autograph, inscribed (folio 194v).

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Joseph ben Joshua. Chronicles. Brit. Mus. Oriental Ms. 3656.'

History

Origin: 1577 Italy (Bologna)

Provenance and Acquisition

Joseph Schlesinger: acquired from him by the British Museum on 02 March 1889: inscriebd on back flyleaf (v)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=Or_3656 (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. 1103.

Bibliography

Funding of Cataloguing

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