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Or 8004

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Or 8004
Title:
Maṭeh Dan by David Nieto
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
229 folios
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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_8004 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Italian
Scripts:
Hebrew
Latin
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700-1799
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
J.M. Belf
Nieto, David ben Pinhas, 1654-1728
Sig. Raffael David Vitta Maestro
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 8004

Maṭeh Dan by David Nieto

Contents

A philosophical treatise.

Language(s): Italian, Hebrew

ff. 1r-229v
Title: Maṭeh Dan
Title: מטה דן
Author: Nieto, David ניטו, דוד בן פינחס

In an Italian translation, the quotations from biblical and later Jewish literature being given in both Hebrew and Italian.

Dedica del Autore, folio 2r; Prefazione del Autore, folio 4r; Dialogo Primo, folio 10r; Dialogo ii, folio 24r; Dialogo iii, folio 54r; Dialogo iv, folio 105r; Dialogo v, folio 172r.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 229 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 150 mm.
Dimensions (written): 175 × 110 mm.
Foliation:

229 folios (+ 1 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and 6 at the end).

Collation

Quires of mostly 8 leaves each.

Condition

Slight tidemark at head in opening leaves.

Paper foxing, especially near edges.

Usage stains, grease, spills.

Three final blanks torn out, with remains of fragments.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 27

Written lines: 27

Uniform layout.

Running titles.

Last word of each folio repeated at the beginning of the next.

Hand(s)

Italian and Hebrew cursive script of the 18th century.

Additions:

Binding

Post-1600. Ivory vellum over boards (stained). Boxed.

Spine: 'Nieto. Matteh Dan. Italian & Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 8004.'

History

Origin: 18th century ; Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

Sig. Raffael David Vitta Maestro: inscribed, folio 1r.

1908-07-28

J.M. Belf: purchased by the British Museum on 14 April 1914: inscribed, folio 2r.

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_8004 (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. 1174.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL