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Add MS 27045
Title:
A collection of kabbalistic and poetical works
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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:
61 folios
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1400-1499
Era:
CE
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Names:
Dominico Irosolomitano
Ezobi, Yosef ben Hanan ben Nathan, poet, fl 13th century
Ezobi, Yosef ben Hanan ben Nathan, poet, fl 13th century
Giovanni Domenico Carretto
Giuseppe Almanzi
Hai ben Sherira, Gaon, 0939-1038,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000010908435X,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/63993515
Issakhar Simḥah
Moses ben Shem Tov de Leon, 1250-1305
Moses ben Shem Tov de Leon, 1250-1305
Simḥah
יששכר שמחה
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Add MS 27045

A collection of kabbalistic and poetical works

Contents

A collection of kabbalistic and poetical works.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-43v
Title: Sefer nefesh ha-ḥakhamah
Title: ספר נפש החכמה
Author: Moses ben Shem Tov, de Leon, 1250-1305 משה בן שם טוב, די לאון

The work begins with a poem of fifteen lines (folio 2r).

Filiation: Cf. [Neubauer_1994] 1850.

References

[Nefesh-Hakhamah_1608]
ff. 44v-46r
Title: Shirim
Title: שירים
ff. 46r-48v
Title: Musar ha-sekhel
Title: מוסר השכל
Author: Hai, ben Sherira, 939-1038 האי בן שרירא גאון
ff. 49r-57r
Title: Maḥberet ha-ṿikuḥim
Title: מחברת הויכוחים
Author: Issakhar Simḥah יששכר שמחה
ff. 57r-60v
Title: Ke῾arat kesef
Title: קערת כסף
Author: Ezobi, Yosef ben Hanan ben Nathan אזובי, יוסף בן חנן

At the end of folio 60v there are some kabbalistic directions regarding cutting one's nails.

ff. 61r-61v
Title: Shirim
Title: שירים
Language(s): Hebrew, Yiddish

Two satirical poems in Hebrew and Yiddish.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 61 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 185 × 135 mm.
Dimensions (written): 140 × 95 mm.
Foliation:

61 folios (+ 3 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and 4 at the end).

Collation

Quires of mostly 5 leaves each.

Condition

Slightly water-damaged.

Layout

Columns:1 2

Ruled lines: 29

Written lines: 28

Uniform layout.

Initial words in larger square characters.

Visible hard-point and ink ruling.

Some additions and comments in the margin.

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi semi-cursive script of the 15th century. Simḥah: his name marked off numerous times in the text, e.g., 50r, 51v.

Additions:

Binding

BM/BL in-house.

Spine: 'Sepher Ham-Mishkal. Etc. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 27,045.'

History

Origin: 1400-1499 15th century Germany?

Provenance and Acquisition

Censored by Dominico Irosolomitano, Italian censor (active 1575-1624): inscribed with his name, 1597 (folio 41v); see [Popper_1969] 61, and appendix § 62-74.

Censored by Giovanni Domenico Carretto, Italian censor (active 1600-1624): inscribed with his name, 1618 (folio 41v); see [Popper_1969] 100-101, and appendix § 80-84.

Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile his manuscript no. 151; his library including 322 medieval Hebrew manuscripts were purchased en bloc by the British Museum through Asher & Co. in October 1865 for £1,000 through Asher & Co., Berlin dealer to the British Museum (see [Paisey_1997] 131-153); inscribed, back flyleaf (ii)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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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. 760.
    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. 925.

Bibliography

    [Nefesh-Hakhamah_1608] Tov, de Leon Moses ben Shem. 'Ṿe-Zot Ha-Sefer Ha-Nefesh Ha-Ḥakhamah : ... Be-Veʾur Sodot ... / Ha-Rav Mosheh Bar Shem Ṭov Me-ʿir Leʾon.'בזילאה, שסח, Basle, 1608.
    [Neubauer_1994] NeubauerAd. comp. 'Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library and in the College Libraries of Oxford'. Oxford Clarendon Pr1994reprint of 1886 edition, 1994.
    [Popper_1969] William POPPER. 'The Censorship of Hebrew Books ... Introduction by Moshe Carmilly-Weinberger.'New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969.
    [Paisey_1997] Paisey, D. “Adolphus Asher (1800-1853): Berlin bookseller, Anglophile, and friend to Panizzi.” British Library Journal 23 (1997).

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