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Add MS 26991
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- 032-003369753
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- Add MS 26991
- Title:
- Collection of halakhical works
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- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 294 folios
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_26991 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Hebrew
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- Hebrew
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 1600-1699
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- CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Add MS 26991
Collection of halakhical works
Contents
Summary of Contents: Kelale midot Aharon, an abridgment of Aharon ibn Ḥayim's Midot Aharon, by Samuel ben Elisha Portaleone, and a part of Abraham del Vecchio's Tiḳune ha-Rif.Language(s): Hebrew
ff. 1r-19vTitle: Kelale midot AharonTitle: כללי מדות אהרוןThis part of the manuscript has been most probably written by Samuel Elisha Portaleone himself (see his note after the title).
Blanks are left after most of the 13 midot.
Folio 19r contains a short piece on the last of the 14 midot.
Folio 19v contains a kabbalistic note, beginning 'botsina de-ḳardinuta'.
ff. 20r-294vTitle: Tiḳune ha-RifTitle: תקני הרי"ףThis part of the manuscript contains only a fragment of Tiḳune ha-Rif, the first five parts being in the handwriting of Solomon Portaleone.
The treatise on Bava ḳama begins on folio 20r, on Bava metsi῾a - folio 75r, on Bava batra - folio 180r, on Sanhedrin - folio 231r, on Makot - folio 245r, on Shevu῾ot - folio 265r.
Folio 164r-179r contain additional explanation (in a different hand) on Halakhah de-ḳama and Shevu῾ot.
On the margins of folio 20, 22 and 23r there are notes from Tumat yesharim, copied by a different hand.
Filiation: Cf the content of [BL] Add MS 27134, 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. 483.Physical Description
Paper codex of the 17th century.Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 294 foliosDimensions (leaf): 210 × 155 mm.Dimensions (written): 200/170 × 150/90 mm.Foliation:294 folios (+ 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 4 at the end).
Collation
Quires of mostly 10 leaves each.
Condition
Slightly stained.
Layout
Columns:1
Ruled lines: 27 43
Written lines: 27 43
Non-uniform layout.
Horizontal catchwords on every page.
Marginal and interlinear notes and annotations.
Hand(s)
Italian cursive scripts of the 17th century. Written in majority by Solomon Portaleone.
Additions:Folio 20r is a title-page, probably added later in the 17th century.
Binding
BM in-house.
Spine title: 'Del Vecchio. Tikkune Ha-Riph. Part III. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Additional 26,991.'
History
Origin: 1600-1699 17th century ItalyProvenance and Acquisition
Shemu᾿el of Sha῾ar Arieh: inscribed, folio 20r. Folio 264v contains the same former owner's note (written twice) in Hebrew in a romanized transcription, stating that the manuscript was bought from Solomon Foa.
Giuseppe Almanzi (b. 1801, d. 1860), Italian bibliophile: his manuscript no. 10; 322 Hebrew manuscripts were acquired from his library in October 1865 through Asher & Co., Berlin dealer to the British Museum (see [Paisey_1997] 131-153): inscribed, [296v].
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.Availability
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Surrogates
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_26991 (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. 556.Bibliography
[BL] BL = British Library shelfmark[Paisey_1997] Paisey, D. “Adolphus Asher (1800-1853): Berlin bookseller, Anglophile, and friend to Panizzi.” British Library Journal 23 (1997).Funding of Cataloguing
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