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Add MS 17054
Title:
Sefer mitsṿot gadol of Moses ben Jacob of Coucy (Part II)
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
397 folios
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Languages:
Hebrew
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1400-1499
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Aharon bar Shemu᾿el Pinḥas
Moses ben Jacob, 1300-1399
Moses ben Jacob, 1300-1399
Thomas Rodd the younger
Yosef
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Add MS 17054

Sefer mitsṿot gadol of Moses ben Jacob of Coucy (Part II)

Contents

The second part of Sefer mitsṿot gadol of Moses ben Jacob of Coucy.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-397v
Title: Sefer mitsṿot gadol
Title: ספר מצוות גדול
Author: Moses ben Jacob, of Coucy, active 13th century משה בן יעקב, מקוצי

The manuscript begins with the introduction to the first part (mitsṿot lo ta῾aseh).

On folio 7r begins the index of the mitsṿot ῾aseh, and on folio 14r the second part opens with the introduction belonging to it.

Folios 375-396 contain ḥamesh mitsṿot (she-hem) de-rabanan.

There are many variations from the printed editions, especially in the paragraph no. 163. There were also many marginal notes in the earlier part of the manuscript, but most of these have been damaged in the cutting.

References

[Sefer_mitsvot_gadol_1488]

Physical Description

Parchment codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: parchment
Extent: 397 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 230 × 172 mm.
Foliation:

397 folios (+ 3 unfoliated modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end).

Collation

Quires of mostly 8 leaves each.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 27

Written lines: 27

Uniform layout. Last line written outside ruling.

Hard-point ruling visible (frame only), leaf by leaf on recto.

Hair-side and fleash-side of the folios distinguishable.

Occasional marginal notes.

Chapter initials and titles given in larger characters.

Catchwords on every verso.

Hand(s)

Sefardi cursive script of the 15th century.

Additions:

Many notes, scribblings and doodles on folios 2r, 2v, 3r, 397v.

Binding

Post-1600. Red leather.

Spine title: 'Moses b. Jacob of Coucy. Sepher Misvoth Gadhol. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional Ms. 17054.'

History

Origin: 1400-1499 15th century Spain

Provenance and Acquisition

Aharon bar Shemu᾿el Pinḥas: inscribed (folio 2r, 3r).

Yosef: inscribed (folio 4r).

Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849): purchased from him by the British Museum on 23 October 1847, Macdonald's sale, lot 1621: inscribed, back flyleaf (i)v.

1847-10-23

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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http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_17054 (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. 510.

Bibliography

    [Sefer_mitsvot_gadol_1488] Jacob, of Coucy Moses ben. '[Sefer Mitsṿot Gadol.]'. Soncino: Gershon ben Moses Soncino December 1488, 1488.

Funding of Cataloguing

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