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Or 1484

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032-003367016
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Or 1484
Title:
Collection of ethical writings
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
113 folios
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Languages:
Hebrew
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1400-1499
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CE
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Names:
Aristotle, philosopher, 384 BC-322 BC
Aristotle, philosopher, 384 BC-322 BC
Baḥya ben Asher ben Ḥlava, rabbi, scholar, 1260-1340
Baḥya ben Asher ben Ḥlava, rabbi, scholar, 1260-1340
Daniyel Yabets
Ele῾azar ibn Arḥa
Falaquera, Shem Tov ben Joseph, 1225-1295
Falaquera, Shem Tov ben Joseph, 1225-1295
Malkiel Ashkenazi
Shalom ben Se῾adyah ha-Levi
Yosef bar Asher
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 1484

Collection of ethical writings

Contents

Ethical writings.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-69v
Title: Sefer ha-mevaḳesh
Title: ספר המבקש
Author: Falaquera, Shem Tov ben Joseph, 1225-1295 פלקירה, שם טוב בן יוסף

The upper part of the title on the top has been cut away in trimming, and Sefer ha-῾anaḳ was erraneosly written underneath by a later hand.

References

[Falakera_1990]
ff. 70r-76r
Title: Sefer ha-tapuaḥ
Title: ספר התפוח

Ascribed to Aristotle, in the Hebrew translation of Abraham ben Hasdai.

Author: Aristotle אריסטו
Filiation: Cf. [BL] Add MS 14763, [BL] Or 2396.
ff. 76r-113v
Title: Sefer Shulḥan shel arba῾
Title: ספר שלחן של ארבע
Author: Baḥya ben Asher ben Ḥlava, -1340 בחיי בן אשר אבן חלאוה

Igeret ha-musar le-rabi Yosef bar Asher is written on the lower margins of folios 76r-113v.

Some responses of rabi Yosef on philosophical problems are written down on the margins of folio 7v, only partly legible.

References

[Hlava_1545]

Physical Description

Parchment codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 113 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 218 × 155 mm.
Dimensions (written): 155 × 95 mm.
Foliation:

113 folios (+ 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 3 at the end).

Collation

Quires of mostly 8 leaves each, marked with catchwords at the end.

Condition

Slight worming in parts.

Layout

Columns:1 2

Ruled lines: 23

Written lines: 23

Uniform layout.

Initial words in larger characters.

Last word of each page repeated at the beginning of the following page.

Marginal additions.

Visible hard-point ruling.

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 15th century.

Additions:

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Sefer Ha-Mevakesh. Etc. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental 1484.'

History

Origin: 1400-1499 15th century Spain

Provenance and Acquisition

Daniyel Yabets: inscribed, folio 96v.

Malkiel Ashkenazi: inscribed, folio 96v.

Ele῾azar ibn Arḥa: inscribed, folio 72v.

Shalom ben Se῾adyah ha-Levi: inscribed, folio 111r.

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_1484 (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. 870.

Bibliography

    [Falakera_1990] פאלקירא, שם טוב בן יוסף בן, and approximatelyapproximately Shem Tov ben Joseph Falaquera. 'Sefer Ha-Mevaḳesh : Ṿe-Hu Nahar Le-Hashḳot Kol Tsame Me Zehav Ha-Ḥokhmah / Katav Shem Ṭov Ben Falaḳira.'בני־ברק: קרן קל״ה 1990, Bene-Beraḳ, 1990.
    [BL] BL = British Library shelfmark
    [Hlava_1545] Ḥlava, -Baḥya ben Asher ben. 'Sefer Shulḥan Arbaʿ.'ויניציאה, ש״ו, Venice 1545, 1545.

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