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Add MS 27299

Record Id:
032-003368792
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Add MS 27299
Title:
Tseror ha-kesef
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
154 folios
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1400-1499
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Ḥayyim ben Samuel ben David, 1300-1399
Ḥayyim ben Samuel ben David, 1300-1399
Samuel Schönblum
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Add MS 27299

Tseror ha-kesef

Contents

A treatise on monetary transactions, by Ḥayim ben Samuel of Tudela.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-154v
Title: Sefer Tseror ha-kesef
Title: ספר צרור הכסף
Author: Ḥayim ben Samuel ben David, of Tudela, active 14th century חיים בן שמואל, מטודילו‏

The treatise is divided into 5 derakhim, each being subdivided into she'arim, and each of the latter consisting of a number of paragraphs.

Colophon: זה הספר נותן אמרי שפר כאיל ועופר לאשכל הכופר אשר נצניו נתנו ריח' רוקח מעשה רוקח ' נחמד להשכיל ותאוה לעינים ' כאיל תערוג על אפיקי מים ' הותיק בתורה ובגמילות חסדים ' גדול ליהודים ' רצוי לרוב אחיו ' רבו מארבה שבחיו ' כג"ק מה"ר משה יצו' בה"ר יהודה נ"ע והיתה השלמתו על ידי [...] והוא ששי לירח אדר הנהדר [...] וארבעין וארבע [...] f. 154v

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 154 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 200 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 160 × 95 mm.
Foliation:

154 folios (+ 1 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and 2 at the end). Folio 1 is a recent paper addition.

Collation

Quires of mostly 10 leaves each.

Condition

Last leaf damaged.

Water-damaged margins.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 19

Written lines: 19

Uniform layout.

Chapter numbers given in larger characters.

Catchwords on every verso.

Red edges.

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 15th century.

Additions:

Folio 1 is a recent addition, the original having been lost.

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine title: 'Tseror Hak-Keseph. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional MS. 27,299.'

History

Origin: 1400-1499 15th century Unknown

Provenance and Acquisition

1866-04-14

Mr Sam[uel] Schönblum: purchased from him by the British Museum on 14 April 1866: 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_27299 (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. 552.

Funding of Cataloguing

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