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Or 10574

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Or 10574
Title:
Mozne ha-ʿiyun by Joseph ben Shem Tov
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
17 folios (i+17+iv)
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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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Names:
Gaster, Moses, scholar, linguist and Hakham of the British Sephardic congregation, 1856-1939
Joseph ben Shem Tov, c 1400-1460
Joseph ben Shem Tov, c 1400-1460
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Or 10574

Mozne ha-ʿiyun by Joseph ben Shem Tov

Contents

A philosophical work by Joseph ben Shem Tov.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 2v-16v
Author: Ben Shem Tov, Joseph, approximately 1400-approximately 1460 אבן שם טוב, יוסף בן שם טוב
Title: מאזני העיון
Title: Mozne ha-ʿiyun

Headed with the names of the author and of the composition, by an italian hand. See Schwager-Frankel catalogue 11 (1906) no. 152.

Begins with a list of Torah verses which mention the name "Yosef".

See also, New York, JTS, MS 2341, ff. 379r-384r.

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper with laid lines and chain lines; watermark: hand and a six-petal flower over it (e.g. ff. 6-7)
Extent: 17 folios (i+17+iv)
Dimensions (leaf): 200 × 144 mm.
Dimensions (written): 138 × 88 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals.

Collation

Indeterminable.

Catchword on f. 11v.

Condition

Some leaves have been fixed.

Usage stains.

Water damage, mould.

Layout

Columns:1

Uniform layout. Section headings are often written in larger characters.

Even left margins.

A few marginal notes.

Censorial(?) erasures on ff. 4v, 5r, 5v, 8v, 11v, 12r, 12v, 15r.

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive and square script of the 15th century.

Additions:

A description of the manuscript, taken from the Schwager-Frankel’s catalogue 11 (1906), No. 11), is glued onto front flyleaf (i)r.

At the end of the manuscript on f. 17r is a note by a different hand about the Messiah and the resurrection of the dead.

Binding

Post-1600. Blue cloth binding. Original binding is inserted into the new binding at the end of the volume.

History

Origin: 1400-1499 15th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Owner's inscription on f. 1r: "יחיאל נחמן פואה".

Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: his manuscript, Cod. G. 1085; purchased by the British Museum from him on 12 April, 1924; date of accession 6 November 1931.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel.

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