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Add MS 17056
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- Maimonides' Mishneh Torah (Books I-III)
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- 233 folios
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Add MS 17056
Maimonides' Mishneh Torah (Books I-III)
Contents
The first three books of Maimonides' Mishneh Torah.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-233vTitle: Mishneh TorahTitle: משנה תורהThe manuscript contains a large amount of marginal notes in Italian cursive script of apparently 16th century, refering to various authors and works. Several of these notes have been mutilated in the trimming.
Colophon: אני סעדיה בר' יוסף בן מוקאתיל כתבתי ספר זה ובו מדע ואהבה וזמנים [...] וסיימתיו ב[...] ביום האחרון לחדש תמוז של שנת חמשת אלפים ופ"ה לפרט היצירה השם יזכהו להגות בו ובכל ספרי תורתו הקדושה הוא וכל זרעו וזרע זרעו עד סוף כל הדורות אמן'. f. 232rff. 1v-27rTitle: Introductionff. 27r-69rTitle: Sefer ha-madaʿff. 69r-130rTitle: Sefer ahavahff. 130r-232rTitle: Sefer hafla᾿ahPhysical Description
Parchment codex of the 14th century.Form: codexMaterial: parchmentExtent: 233 foliosDimensions (leaf): 305 × 255 mm.Dimensions (written): 220 × 160 mm.Foliation:233 folios (+ 2 unfoliated parchment flyleaves and 1 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and at the end).
Collation
29 quires of 8 leaves each, numbered with Hebrew letters and marked by catchwords.
Condition
Stained.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 28
Written lines: 28
Uniform layout. Visible hard-point ruling.
Hair-side and flesh-side of the folios distinguichable.
Last line written outside the ruling.
Many marginal notes.
Chapter numbers given in larger characters.
Hand(s)
Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 14th century. Se῾adyah bar Yosef ben Muḳatil: inscribed, f. 232r.
Additions:Ff,=. 1r and 232v contain doodles.
Binding
Post-1600. Dark brown leather.
Spine title: 'Maimonides. Mishneh Torah. Hebrew. Vol. I. Brit. Mus. Additional 17,056.'
History
Origin: 1325 SpainProvenance and Acquisition
A contract of sale: f. 232r (bottom of the page).
Yitsḥaḳ mi-Modena: inscribed, f. 1v.
Shelomoh ben Mosheh mi-Rimini: f. 232v.
Shelomoh ben Mordekhai: inscribed in a deed of sale, f. 232v. The manuscript was sold by Menaḥem ben Mosheh ben Shelomoh.
A record of sale in Italian and Hebrew, f. 233r ('‘librij 116 solidij 15’').
A Latin note related to censorship: ‘1555 die XI dec｢em｣bris. Revisus p｢er｣ d jac｢obu｣m Geraldini comiss｢arium｣ ap｢osto｣lieum Caesar Belliossus Curiae Ep｢iscopa｣lis Bonon｢iensis｣ et dicti comiss｢arii｣ not｢a｣r｢ius｣ man｢da｣t｢us｣ s｢ul｣s｢cripsit｣’: f. 1v (bottom).
Laurentius Franguellus (fl. until 1596): inscribed with his name, 1575 (f. 231v); see [Popper_1969] 78, appendix § 105-110.
Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849): purchased from him by the British Museum on 23 October 1847: Macdonald's sale, lot 166: inscribed, f. 233v.
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_17056 (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. 492.Bibliography
[Popper_1969] William POPPER. 'The Censorship of Hebrew Books ... Introduction by Moshe Carmilly-Weinberger.'New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969.Funding of Cataloguing
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