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Add MS 19948
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- Add MS 19948
- Title:
- Ethical writings
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
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- Extent:
- 159 folios
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 1400-1499
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Add MS 19948
Ethical writings
Contents
A collection of Jewish ethical writings.
Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 82r-84rTitle: Baḳashat ha-lomdinTitle: בקשת הלמדיןff. 90v-97rTitle: Ḳe῾arat kesefTitle: קערת כסףff. 98v-98rTitle: Eshorer shir be-milḥamah ῾arukahTitle: אשורר שיר במלחמה ערוכהff. 98v-100vTitle: Bereshit mamlakhat ha-ḥayalimTitle: בראשית ממלכת החיליםff. 102r-159vTitle: Ketav hitnatslutTitle: כתב התנצלותPhysical Description
Parchment codex of the 15th century.Form: codexMaterial: parchmentSupport:Extent: 159 foliosDimensions (leaf): 140 × 100 mm.Dimensions (written): 85 × 60 mm.Foliation:159 folios (+ 5 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).
Collation
Quires of mostly 10 leaves each, marked with catchwords at the end.
Condition
First and last few leaves very dark and stained, with worming and loss of text.
Incomplete at the end.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 18
Written lines: 18
Uniform layout.
Initial words in larger square characters.
Marginal notes.
Visible pricking and hard-point ruling.
Hair side and flesh side of folios distinguishable.
Hand(s)
Italian semi-cursive script of the 15th century.
Additions:An incomplete table of context: folio 2v.
Binding
BL in-house.
Spine: 'Tractatus Var. II. Hebraice. Brit. Lib. Additional 19,948.'
History
Origin: 1400-1499 15th century ItalyProvenance and Acquisition
Shelomoh ben Avraham: inscribed, folio 1v.
Eli῾ezer ben Shelomoh, Ya῾aḳov ben Avraham, Elḥanan: inscribed, folio 2v.
Censored by Dominico Irosolomitano (active 1575-1624): inscribed with his name (folio 159v); see [Popper_1969] 61, and appendix § 62-74.
Purchased by the British Museum through Asher & Co., Berlin dealer to the British Museum: 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=Add_MS_19948 (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. 871.Bibliography
[Kalonimos_1489] Qalonymos ben Qalonymos ben Meʾir, and נולד קלונימוס בן קלונימוס בן מאיר. 'Even Boḥan.'Naples: Joseph Ashcnazi, נאפולי, טרם, 1489.[Bedersi_1743] Bedersi, approximatelyapproximately Jedaiah ben Abraham. 'Beḥinot ʿolam : ʿim Baḳashat Ha-Memin ... / Ṿe-Neʿetaḳ Atah Bi-Leshon Ashkenazi ʿal Yede R. Ayziḳ Oyerbakh ... .'Sulzbach, 504, זוצלבאך, תק״ד, 1743.[BL] BL = British Library shelfmark[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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