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Or 11696
- Record Id:
- 032-003314152
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003314152
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100031724348.0x000004
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 11696
- Title:
- Memorial book of the Jewish community of Bonn
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003314152", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 11696: Memorial book of the Jewish community of Bonn" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003314152
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003314152
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 49 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_11696 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
Yiddish - Scripts:
- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1784
- End Date:
- 1898
- Date Range:
- 1784-1898
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Dr. Rudolf Seligsohn
- TEI:
-
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Or 11696
Memorial book of the Jewish community of Bonn
Contents
A memorial book of the Jewish community of Bonn, 1784-1898.
Language(s): Hebrew, Yiddish
ff. 1r-49vTitle: Memor bukhTitle: מאמר בוךThe list of deceased members of the community begins on folio 15r.
Colophon: ר' בנימן וואלף ז"ל סופר סתם בק"ק קאבלענץ [...] כתב מאמר בוך להתקדג"ה שבקהלתינו ק"ק בונא בשנת תפ"ז והנה בחדש אדר שנת תקמ"ד גברו המים [...] ונכנסו לבהכ"נ שלנו [...] וגם המאמר בוך [...] נמחקו רוב האותיות [בו] [...] והוכרחו [...] להעתיקו ע"ז סופר סתם שבקהילתינו [...] עזריאל בן [...]זעליג וויללנר זצ"ל [...] נגמר [...] יג אייר ע"י הגבאים [...] מרדכי וואליך [...] יאקב ק"ה [קופנהגן], ג'ד'ו'ל' י'ה'י'ה' כ'ב'ו'ד' מרדכי ה'ב'י'ת' ה'ז'ה' ה'אחרון מן הראשון לפ"ק פה בונא. f. 1rPhysical Description
Parchment codex of the 18th to 19th century.Form: codexMaterial: parchmentSupport:Extent: 49 foliosDimensions (leaf): 310 × 235 mm.Dimensions (written): 260 × 200 mm.Foliation:49 folios (+ 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).
Collation
4 leaves per quire.
Condition
Usage stains.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 45 47
Written lines: 45 47
Uniform layout.
Visible hard-point ruling.
Hair side and flesh side of folios distinguishable.
Larger square initial words.
An ornamental title page enclosed in a pen-and-ink arch, folio 1r.
Hand(s)
Various Ashkenazi square and cursive scripts of the 18th to 19th century.
Additions:Between folio 15 and 16: a fragment of a printed map of Rome, with additional names written out on the back.
Binding
BM in-house.
Spine: 'Memorbuch Bonn. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 11,696.'
History
Origin: 1784-1898 Germany (Bonn)Provenance and Acquisition
Presented to the British Museum by Dr. Rudolf Seligsohn, 16 May 1939: 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=Or_11696 (digital images currently unavailable)
Bibliography
Funding of Cataloguing
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