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Add MS 18226

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Add MS 18226
Title:
Mivḥar ha-peninim
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
28 folios
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1300
End Date:
1399
Date Range:
1300-1399
Era:
CE
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Names:
Adolphus Asher
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Add MS 18226

Mivḥar ha-peninim

Contents

Ethical writing.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-28v
Title: Mivḥar ha-peninim
Title: מבחר הפנינים

A collection of ethical sayings ascribed to Solomon ibn Gabirol and translated from Arabic to Hebrew by Yehudah ibn Tibbon. The main text is accompanied by a commentary.

Filiation: Cf. the same work in Add MS 18684 (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. 514.), Or 1485 (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. 866.) and Or 2396 (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. 867.).

Physical Description

Parchment codex of the 14th century.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 28 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 165 × 125 mm.
Dimensions (written): 100 × 90 mm.
Foliation:

28 folios (+ 2 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and at the end).

Collation

Quires of mostly 8 leaves each.

Condition

Leaf missing after folio 7 and 13.

Ink partly rubbed off from the first page.

Water-damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 23

Written lines: 23

Uniform layout.

Initial words in larger characters.

Visible ruling.

Commentary written in smaller characters in the margin.

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi (French) square and semi-cursive script of the 14th century.

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine: 'Solomon ibn Gabirol. Mibhar Hap-Peninim. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 18,226.'

History

Origin: 1300-1399 14th century France

Provenance and Acquisition

Adolphus Asher (d. 1853), Berlin bookseller and dealer to the British Museum: purchased from him on 13 July 1850: 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.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_18226 (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. 865.

Funding of Cataloguing

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