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032-003369740
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Add MS 26977
Title:
Collection of responses
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
151 folios
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700-1799
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
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Names:
Al. Sig. Isaac Caissi
Berab, Jacob, 1474-1546
Berab, Jacob, 1474-1546
Giuseppe Almanzi
Jacob, fl 12th 13th century
Jacob, fl 12th 13th century
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Add MS 26977

Collection of responses

Contents

A collection of responses, by various aouthors.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-151v
Title: Responsa
Title: שאלות ותשובות
ff. 2r-7v
Title: Responsa
Author: Berab, Jacob, 1474-1546 בירב, יעקב בן משה

Contains four responses, nos. 73-76.

ff. 8r-13v
Title: Decision

An anonymous decision concenring the law of levirate.

ff. 14r-72v
Title: Responses

The text contains 321 responses, but the index at the beginning goes only up to no. 94.

Cf. Alfasi's printed responses.

ff. 73r-107r
Title: Responses

199 responses, by various authorities, e.g., Hai Gaon, Sherira Gaon, Se῾adyah Gaon, Isaac ibn Ghayat, Mar Sar Shalom, etc.

ff. 108r-143v
Title: Responses

Contains 125 responses. Tables of contents precede no. 3 and 4.

ff. 144r-151v
Title: Responses

Contains responses obtained by dream inspiration (she᾿elot ḥalom).

Cf. Or. 1083, 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. 569..

Author: Jacob, of Marvège, active 12th century-13th century יעקב הלוי ממרויש

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 18th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 151 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 217 × 155 mm.
Dimensions (written): 190 × 140 mm.
Foliation:

151 folios (+ 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 4 at the end).

Collation

Quires of mostly 8 leaves each.

Condition

Water-damaged in the upper corners of folios.

Slightly stained.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 29

Written lines: 29

Uniform layout.

Initial words in each section is given in larger characters.

Catchwords on every page.

Blank pages are left between each part of the manuscript.

Folio 1 contains a table of contents.

Hand(s)

Italian cursive script of the 18th century.

Additions:

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine title: 'Teshuboth of Jacob Berab. Etc. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 26,977.'

History

Origin: 1700-1799 18th century Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

Al. Sig. Isaac Caissi, of Ravenna: inscribed, folio 1r.

Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), bibliophile; his manuscript no. 88:his library including 322 medieval Hebrew manuscripts were purchased en bloc by the British Museum in October 1865 for £1,000 through Asher & Co., Berlin dealer to the British Museum (see [Paisey_1997] 131-153): inscribed, folio [153v].

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_26977 (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. 566.

Bibliography

    [Paisey_1997] Paisey, D. “Adolphus Asher (1800-1853): Berlin bookseller, Anglophile, and friend to Panizzi.” British Library Journal 23 (1997).

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